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  • Margaret Adam

Scotland 2026

A 28-day adventure by Ian & Margaret. Read more
  • The Lecht Mine

    October 11 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C

    Lecht Mine is a historic former iron and manganese mining site located in the parish of Kirkmichael, Moray.

    History: Mined for iron ore from 1730 to 1737, and later reopened from 1841 to 1846 to extract manganese used for household bleach (becoming the largest manganese mine in Scotland).Read more

  • Glenlivet Estate

    October 11 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C

    The Glenlivet Estate is located in Glenlivet, Scotland in the Cairngorms National Park. It measures 58,000 acres (230 km2) and is part of The Crown Estate Scotland .

  • Pitlochry Dam

    October 10 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 10 °C

    We walked around to Pitlochry Dam. You can see the Fish Steps (or ladder) in one photo. You could actually see down inside the dam to where the generators were running.

  • Killiecrankie

    October 10 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 10 °C

    The Battle of Killiecrankie (1689): Fought on July 27, 1689, this was the opening conflict of the first Jacobite rising. Jacobite forces led by John Graham of Claverhouse ("Bonnie Dundee") decisively defeated government Redcoat troops under General Hugh Mackay, though Dundee was fatally wounded
     in the moment of victory.

    The Soldier's Leap: A famous local landmark where a fleeing government soldier named Donald McBane (or MacBean) reportedly jumped an 18-foot gap across the turbulent River Garry to escape pursuing Jacobites.
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  • Tummel Bridge

    October 10 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 7 °C

    Tummel Bridge is a small riverside village and historic crossing point located at the western end of Loch Tummel in Perth and Kinross.

    The Historic Bridge: The original structure is a Category A listed, double-arched hump-backed stone bridge built in 1730 by civilian mason John Stewart for General George Wade as part of the military road network. It is now restricted to pedestrians.Read more

  • Bruar

    October 10 in Scotland ⋅ 🌧 6 °C

    The Falls of Bruar are a series of cascading waterfalls on the Bruar, located about 8 miles northwest of Pitlochry. Robert Burns: The poet visited in 1787 and wrote "The Humble Petition of Bruar Water", asking the 4th Duke of Atholl to plant trees in the barren landscape.Read more

  • Pitlochry

    October 9 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

    Pitlochry is a historic Victorian spa and market town in the Perth and Kinross council area of Scotland, located on the River Tummel.

    Currently they have the Enchanted Forest Festival on so it is very busy.Read more

  • Dunkeld

    October 9 in Scotland ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C

    Dunkeld is a historic cathedral town in Perthshire, famous as the "Gateway to the Highlands" and for its scenic natural beauty and rich Jacobite history

  • Perth

    October 9 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 13 °C

    We called into Perth specifically to visit the Castle and Black Watch regiment museum, a former Earls of Kinnoull residence dating from 16th century.

  • Glamis Castle

    October 9 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 12 °C

    We really enjoyed visiting Glamis Castle, the ancestral seat to the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne since 1372. Once the inspiration for William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Glamis is renowned for its rich history and famous visitors, from Mary, Queen of Scots to James V.

    Glamis Castle was the childhood home of HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Her younger daughter, HRH Princess Margaret, was born there.
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  • Lunan Bay

    October 9 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 13 °C

    Lunan Bay is a broad east-facing beach of beautiful sand backed by dunes that is framed by low cliffs to the north and south. From its northern end near Boddin Point, about three miles south of Montrose, it stretches for over two miles south to Ethie Haven.
    We saw someone surfing.
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  • Abroath Mortuary Chapel

    October 9 in Scotland ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C

    The Arbroath Mortuary Chapel (also known as the Fraser Mortuary Chapel) is a Category A listed 19th-century masterpiece located within the Western Cemetery in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. It was commissioned in 1875 by local artist and architect Patrick Allan-Fraser of nearby Hospitalfield House as a monumental memorial and mausoleum for his late wife, Elizabeth Fraser, and her parents. Constructed entirely from local red ashlar sandstone, the building is widely celebrated as one of the most remarkable, eclectic, and highly detailed Victorian Gothic structures in Scotland.Read more

  • Kelpies & Falkirk Wheel

    October 7 in Scotland ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

    The Kelpies honor two distinct things:
    Industrial Heritage: They pay tribute to the heavy Clydesdale horses—modeled after real-life horses named Duke and Baron—that once pulled barges, plows, and wagons along the Forth and Clyde Canal and powered Scotland's Industrial Revolution.

    Scottish Folklore: In Scottish legend, a kelpie is a shape-shifting water spirit (frequently appearing as a horse) said to haunt rivers and lochs.
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