We visited a tiny village that had viking gravestones
We visited a tiny village that had viking gravestones
We stopped for a photo of scenery, but we found some heather that was blooming. It's early for Heather. There was another flower that I think is a thistle.
Today, we drove through the breathtaking scenery of the highlands on our way to Sky. After the battle of Culloden, Bonnie Prince Charlie was trying to escape the British soldiers. He went to Sky andもっと詳しく
More beautiful scenery followed by a run around this castle. We have a puzzle of this castle and were eager to see it in person. This castle included a tour inside. The tide was out.
This battle was the end of the rebellion. It very effectively squashed all hopes of putting a Scottish king on the thrown. The Jacobite soldiers were out numbered. They were tired from an excessivelyもっと詳しく
Each brick on this wall represents a person who died at Culloden. The ones set back are Scottish the raised ones the English.
Archeologists divided the dead up by their tartans. Apparently theもっと詳しく
We watched a sheep herding demonstration that was really cool. Thru a series of whistles and shouted commands the sheep were controlled by the dogs. He used about 7 dogs at a time and has 18 dogs. Heもっと詳しく
I fed several lambs and patted a Scottish coo (cow for you non-scottish). Steve and I both got to shear a full-grown sheep. The man said he only gets 50p per lb for the fleece. It costs him 1.50. Butもっと詳しく