Our expeditions today were within 1/2 hour of Inverness. We began at the Culloden Battlefield. This is the site where thousands of Highlanders lost their lives in a bloody battle. As a result, the Scottish clans were broken up, and it was forbidden to wear kilts and tartans. This museum is excellent - a wonderful history lesson.......
We stopped at Clava Cairns - a prehistoric burial ground featuring burial mounds and rock formations similar to Stonehenge.
At lunch time we stopped at Cawdor Castle. We had a tour of the castle and the beautiful gardens, plus some homemade soup and scones in the cafe.
Our group got back to Inverness in time to shop at Marks and Spencer and all the fun town shops.
Thursday, May 31
May 30th Inverness
The weather in Scotland is just like Oregon in the spring. Sunny, cloudy, misty, light rain, sprinkling and back to partly cloudy. Of course, that is just the morning. The weather is going back to partly cloudy for the next few days.
After a hearty breakfast we rolled down the road about a mile to one of Scotland's Crannog Interpretive Centers. Very interesting look into life in Scotland 2500 years ago.
We traveled to Pitlochry, a little village near Balmoral Castle, for a couple of meat pies and a stroll around the village. Pitlochry marks the boundary of the Scottish Highlands.
We proceeded north to a sheep ranch near Kingussie and watched Neil Ross, a professional shepherd, use his 7 dogs to herd sheep. It was pretty amazing to watch Neil manage the dogs with body movements, whistles and voice commands. He would use one, two or all of the dogs to retrieve, herd and corral the sheep. It was amazing to watch the shepherd and dogs work as a team.
We'll stay two days in Inverness, located on the River Ness. We're enjoying all the fresh seafood and lamb that Scotland is famous for.
After a hearty breakfast we rolled down the road about a mile to one of Scotland's Crannog Interpretive Centers. Very interesting look into life in Scotland 2500 years ago.
We traveled to Pitlochry, a little village near Balmoral Castle, for a couple of meat pies and a stroll around the village. Pitlochry marks the boundary of the Scottish Highlands.
We proceeded north to a sheep ranch near Kingussie and watched Neil Ross, a professional shepherd, use his 7 dogs to herd sheep. It was pretty amazing to watch Neil manage the dogs with body movements, whistles and voice commands. He would use one, two or all of the dogs to retrieve, herd and corral the sheep. It was amazing to watch the shepherd and dogs work as a team.
We'll stay two days in Inverness, located on the River Ness. We're enjoying all the fresh seafood and lamb that Scotland is famous for.
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