Scotland 2017

The Kelvingrove Art Museum in Glasgow

A plant sculpture in front of the museum

Glasgow Cathedral

Alongside Glasgow Cathedral was this facade. There was nothing describing what it was.

Tom and Janet in front of the "Necropolis"...the Cemetery

The Necropolis of Glasgow

On our way to Oban we punctured a tire requiring us to be "retrieved". All of us piled in this van with all our luggage to the hotel.

Our first night out of Glasgow was spent here at the Barcaldine Castle. Our bedroom extended into the top turret on the left.

This was the stairway to our rooms on the 2nd and 3 floors. Tam and I were on the third floor.

The experience call for some serious drinking. First the whiskey and then the wine.

Tom ordered this wine from Australia.

The town of Portree on the Isle of Skye

Portree, Isle of Skye

Janet and Tom in Portree on the Isle o fSkye

Tam and I in Portree

This rock formation is called the "Old Man of Storr" Took some imagination to come up with that description.

The hike leading up to the tower was much more than we wanted to tackle.

The Sound of Raasay, Isle of Skye

We were told of waterfalls dropping into the sea north of the Storr. Se we kept our eyes open for any turnout which might lead us to one

Tom found it but it was nothing compared to what we saw in Iceland.

This was it!

Skye Museum of Island Life - a township of thatched cottages as they would have been at the end of the 18th century

Skye Museum of Island Life

Skye Museum of Island Life - on the norther most tip of Skye

A cemetery near the village

Duisdale House, our hotel for the two nights we stayed on the Isle of Skye. Food was good and the bar well stocked.

Eilean Donan Castle - at high tide it's an island.

Eilean Donan Castle

Above the door is a Gaelic inscription which in translation reads: "As long as there is a Macrae inside, there will never be a Fraser outside", referring to a bond of kinship between the two clans.

Eilean Donan Castle

Loch Ness

Urquhart Castle

Urquhart Castle - these ruins date from the 13th to the 16 th centuries

Urquhart Castle

The Trebuchet - A giant catapult that could hurl massive stone balls hundreds of yards.

The Trebuchet - Even a war machine needs some decoration.

Urquhart Castle

We visited the Glen Ord Distillery near Inverness. It's part of the Diageo Scotland conglomerate which 34 distilleries including Dalwhinnie

These stacks are indicative of a distillery below them.

Inverness - At first we thought this was a church but it turned out to be a funeral home

We were fascinated with all the chimneys - most were believed to be vents for the sewer lines.

Inverness - A foot bridge across the river Ness.

Inverness Castle

Telltale stacks at the Dalwhinnie Distillery

Dalwhinnie Tasting room At 10:00 am it was great...no tourists to speak of.

Time for some serious tasting.

St. Andrews Cathedral - A ruiined Roman Catholic church built in 1158

Dahlia's near St. Andrews Cathedral

St. Andrews Cathedral Cemetery

The east tower of St. Andrews Cathedral (left) alongside St. Rule's tower

The ruins of the nave of St. Andrews Cathedral

St. Andrews Cathedral

St. Andrews

St. Andrews Cathedral - St. Rule's Tower

St. Andrews Castle

The visitor center

The Old Course and Old Course Hotel - St Andrews3

Scott Monument - Edinburgh

Inner Gate - Edinburgh Castle

The town of Edinburgh as seen from the Castle. Princess Gardens is in the foreground

The Balmoral Hotel - Our home for three nights.

The roof structure of the great hall, looks like an inverted ship's hull.

The Great Hall - Almost 400 years of weaponry are on display here.

Edinburgh Castle - The Great Hall

The Chapel - The oldest structure of Edinburgh Castle

Afternoon Tea at the Castle

The Nelson Monument ( tower in the center of the photo) is a commemorative tower in honour of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson

The cannonballs used by Mons Meg, a medieval cannon pictured in the back.

The rear face of the War Memorial

One of the statues standing guard at the main entrance of the castle. Something out of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?

The annual Edinburgh Festival is in full swing.

Tamara got one of the specialties at the lounge of our Hotel, the Balmoral.

Gladstone's Land is a surviving 17th century high-tenement house situated on the Royal Mile. It has been restored and operated as a popular tourist attraction

The crowd waiting for the Tattoo to open

Edinburgh Tattoo, 2017 - Representatives of all the Clans in Scotland.

Edinburgh Tattoo, 2017

Edinburgh Tattoo, 2017 - The French entry

Edinburgh Tattoo, 2017 - Norway entry

Edinburgh Tattoo, 2017

Edinburgh Tattoo, 2017 - Japan

Edinburgh Tattoo, 2017 - US European Naval Operations

Edinburgh Tattoo, 2017

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Edinburgh Tattoo, 2017

Looking down Princess Street with our hotel, The Balmmoral, on the left.

The Pub named after the famous Dog or did the Pub come first?

Greyfriars Bobby was a Skye Terrier which became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for supposedly spending 14 years guarding the grave of its owner until he died himself on 14 January 1872.

Holyrood Palace

The Cloister - Holyrood Palace

Holyrood Abbey

Holyrood Gardens

Holyrood Abbey

Holyrood Gardens

Holyrood Palace

Statue of William Wallace in front of Stirling Castle

Stirling Castle

Church of the Holy Rude

The National Wallace Monument stands overlooking Stirling , commemorating Sir William Wallace, a 13th-century Scottish hero.

Tom adn Janet holding court

Here as in Edinburgh Castle, the roof structure resembles that of a ship's hull

Stirling Castle - Great Hall

Stirling Castle - The Kings inner Hall

Stirling Castle - The King's Bed Chamber room.

Stirling Castle

Stirling Castle - The Great Hall Exterior

The Church of the Holy Rude

The driveway alongside the Church of the Holy Rude

Saw this on the way back to our car

Sherbrooke Castle Hotel in Glasgow - our final resting place.