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Busy week roaming
Currently having Sunday roast for dinner in The Sutherland Inn, on way to Thurso. On ferry tomorrow for Orkney Islands. Have had busy and long days since arriving in UK. Been to and seen lots of interesting places: white cliffs of Dover, Canterbury ...
Scotland Day 11
... older.
The highlight of the afternoon was the visit to Skara Brae. It is a large stone-built Neolithic settlement consisting of ten clustered houses, and was occupied from roughly 3180 BC to 2500 BC. It has been called the "Scottish Pompeii" because of its excellent preservation.
The houses used earth sheltering and were sunk into the ground to provide a layer of insulation ...
Scotland Day 10
... years. The falcon we saw today was 19 years old. He demonstrated the hunting techniques of each of the birds and they made several very low passes over our heads. In fact, I think one of them has some of myred hair in his talons.
We then entered Caithness province – just a note to let you know who sparse this area
is. The province 712,000 square milesand has a total population ...
Balintore to Forss
... set out like it would have been back in the day and walking around you could get the feel of how massive it actually was. The falconry display was in the gardens so we headed down and got front row seats. There were hawks, kites, peregrine falcons, and an eagle owl. The falconry guy showed us how he trained the hawk to kill rabbits and then terrified the kids in the audience after showing them that the treat he gives ...
The gathering discovers caithness
... the highland clearances, this was a time in history when farming practices where changing dramatically and necessitated the unwanted croft farmers being moved to less productive areas to allow the introduction of large scale sheep farming on the Lairds estate. Once we had visited this village Strath of Kildonan which was the glen of the Gunns to get an idea of the area we recognise as our ancestral home/ origins.
Saturday 28th saw us away on ...
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