Monday, June 4

June 3

Glenfinnan - Hogwarts
This is the view of Glenfinnan where Bonnie Prince Charlie landed to convince the Scottish clans to wage war on England.

This is the bridge where they photographed the steam train on its way to Hogwarts.  Glennfinnan is directly to my back.
      
Fort William
 We saw Ben Nevis, the tallest mountain in Great Britain at 4,409 ft.  The lunch stop was a meat pie and a warm diet Coke.  The valleys or glens were created by the glaciers, and the valley walls still show the scars from the ice.  The glaciers rounded everything.

Glencoe was the area where the MacDonalds were massacred by Campbells.   The history is complex and is full of back stabbing, loyal fighters and bravery.  I would try to tell you, but I don't think I would have enough ale to explain it.