Atholl Palace Hotel Pitlochry

... worthwhile (and hopefully worth the money, i'll see when I work out how much I've spent). I obviously won't be uploading the 4000 photo's I took but anyone is welcome to see them, they need only ask; and set aside around 5 hrs to go through them. This is Mike's log.......signing out.

A surprise - wasn't expecting to see this type of detail in a non-fancy church. Looks like a farmhouse on the outside, but on the inside a very detailed painted ceiling.<br><br>I would guess that not too many people actually make it out to this site.<br>

... which actually wasn't a well but in fact a tall monument to the incident. Lynda told us any years later they actually found the skeletons of the decapitated bodies... nice!<br> <br><br> Traveling up through the ginormous mountains we stopped briefly up at Glengarry Point where we looked down into a large valley of lochs &#8211; it had been raining all morning so there were many waterfalls cascading down the mountains, wow breathtaking!

... background. First fridge magnet brought of the Cathedral!<br> <br><br> Across from the cathedral Lynda explained Uncle Dave's ashes were scattered by the River Tay and on the edge of the Cathedral as this was one of his favourite spots. Plus we learnt Lynda is a dog rescuer! River Tay has a particularly strong current so a dog she was dog-sitting (few months prior) was very lucky indeed.<br> <br>

... I both really admire their dedication to living their lives the way they want and not giving in to what would be easiest and safest - &#8220;The Road MORE Traveled By&#8221;. They just got back earlier this year from 15 months' travel including the Middle East, Japan, SE Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Los Angeles! (I know they felt LA was the pinnacle of the trip.) We met them in Japan, then they visited us in LA, and now we've visited them in Scotland! Three continents (so far...)<br>

... little village.<br><br>More travel Tips for the UK. Don't plan too much, be prepared to change, ask the locals and the weather is God. OK now in reverse order. First thing in the morning see what the weather is like, if it's good d your outdoor thing, if it's bad and there are degrees of bad in the UK, head indoors and hope it gets better. This only works if you know what you want to do this is where asking the locals comes in handy. Our host ...

... there because the original was taken by Queen Elizabeth the First to Westminster about 700 years ago. <br>For morning tea of course I had a scone. I also beat Danny into the centre of the maze - my thrill for the day. <br>Next we met up with Dorothy's daughter Amanda at the Crieff Visitors Centre where there is a glass-blowing workshop. The heat those blokes (and sheilas) have to work in is incredible. They get globs of molten glass on the end of lo-o-o-ong poles and ...

... of those lovely little villages with a winding main street lined with grey stone buildings and, at this time of year, flowers in window boxes. The village's &#8220;High Street&#8221; (English for &#8220;Main shopping/business street&#8221;) winds down a gentle slope and you can see glimpses of gentle hills patchworked with fields and hedges between the buildings. In some directions the hills are bigger and balder &#8211; the foothills of the ...

Hello everyone! The last couple of days has been heaps of fun! Katie, Scott and I were lucky to all get the same days off of work, rent a car and drive from central-east-west-north Scotland! We travelled approximately 570 miles in the two days and it was an incredible ride. We didn't take the main roads as we knew it would take out so much good scenery so the majority of our trip was through the back roads. We began in Pitlochry and drove to St. Andrews ...

... our way past the fish ladder and dam and found a fish and chips place for dinner. The final part of the day was spent witnessing a full pipe and drum band marching through the town to the fair grounds, where we went for a Highland Night, with the pipe band, singing and Scottish dancing. Set in the midst of the highlands, it was a powerful experience. Then it was off to bed, for St. Andrews awaited.