A Tale of Four Castles – Travels in Scotland Besides driving on the wrong side of the road, scrambling up mountains, and drinking beer and Scotch, we also spent some time visiting castles during our trip to Scotland in 2012. Edinburgh Castle We visited Edinburgh castle on our first day...

The Fellowship of the Ring – The Ring of Steall that is Why The Ring? One of my favorite scenes from the movie Braveheart, is when William Walace is running through the mountains of Scotland.  I had always thought that if I ever get over to Scotland, I need to find those mountains and...

Its Time for a Beer! After our snowshoe adventure at the Bigfoot Boogie, Brenda and I refueled our tanks with a fantastic lunch at Poppycocks.  Rain had started to fall and after a little bit of shopping (Brenda couldn’t resist 50% off!), it was time to start our afternoon beer...

Five months after purchasing the kilt in Edinburgh, it ARRIVED. Charlie the dog was mildly concerned or perhaps hopeful that it contained something for him.  They needed to weave the “Marshall” tarten before they could hand-sew this beautiful work of art! These were very...

If you are just joining the blog conversation, Chuck and I spent 10 days hiking in Scotland. Our first taste of Scotland’s West Highland Way was in Kinlochleven, After stashing our bags  at the McDonald House and finding our rain gear, we started walking. Our destination was a bit...

Edinburgh was fun but we traveled from Michigan to Scotland to hike. Let the Kinlochleven Scotland Adventure begin! The basecamp for our hiking adventures in the Great Glen was the MacDonald Hotel in Kinlochleven. When Chuck called to make reservations at the MacDonald Hotel, he first emailed...

The websites and tour books simply say, “Great Britain drives on the left-hand side of the road.” In very small print they add “you will find single track roads that are only wide enough for one vehicle.” There is mention of “passing places” but it is a...

Edinburgh Castle was on the “list” and we were leaving in the morning for Kinlochleven so it was now or never. For some reason they built castles on the highest point they could find! Cobblestone is not easy to traverse either. We scrambled to main entrance just before it closed....

The Scott Monument was not on the list but it was a good workout. We climbed the 287 steps to the top and enjoyed the splendid view of Edinburgh which included Arthur’s Seat. We didn’t spend a lot of time looking at the exhibition on Sir Walter Scott’s life on the second...

We found family in the Edinburgh Cemetery. I couldn’t tell if they were excited to see us but we were surprised to find them! We wandered into this cemetery while touring Edinburgh.  We were looking for place to pee.  No we didn’t pee here and sadly we didn’t stay long...