Westlands of 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.

I would guess that not too many people actually make it out to this site.

... up on the A9 we went past the entry to the Monarch of the Glen – apparently the royals turned down this house and took up Balmoral residence so this was made available for the popular tv show. Going through the countryside full of drenched highland cattle, black faced sheep and ram and loads of Heather we later went through Glen Gloy which is meant to be known as the 'Great Glen'. Further on we went past the Well of the Seven ...

After a fantastic 13hour sleep we got up and ready for a full on day of adventure. First up was the local township – Dunkeld. We visited Dunkeld Cathedral which half is used for church services and the back half were in ruins and inside held headstones. Beautiful architecture throughout and we were able to walk through the church to a mini museum which went into more history on the ...

... by the way the pleats lay in the back of the skirt.

Other competitors, such as the pipe-band players on the other field are also fully dressed in traditional Scottish kilts and outfits. They're beautiful to see in person and show once again how deep the Scottish tradition runs within the culture. Hearing the pipe bands themselves playing in unison (usually 25 or so players, plus 2 or so drummers) is a very unique and beautiful sound associated only with ...

Left Edinburgh today for a relatively short drive north to Pitlochry. Wat you've never heard of Pitlochry? Well until our last trip to the UK in 2007 neither had we but we stopped there on the way from Inverness to Edinburgh on the suggestion of the hosts at Trafford bank B&B in Inverness.

Queen Victoria visited there in the 1850's (?) and that was enough to set it on the list of must see before I die places for Victorian England and ...

... there because the original was taken by Queen Elizabeth the First to Westminster about 700 years ago.
For morning tea of course I had a scone. I also beat Danny into the centre of the maze - my thrill for the day.
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 “High Street” (English for “Main shopping/business street”) 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 – the foothills of the ...

... from lower cannals to higher cannals without using the traditional loch system. We then travelled via the scenic route to Pitlochry. We did not go to Brechin as planned due to not hearing back from Joy and Sandy. Pitlochry was beautiful and very scenic/relaxing. totally enjoyed our time in the township. Much like Bright in Victoria.

... place it was and how she met heaps of people that she was going out for a pint with that night. I on the other hand was sitting in my room thinking of what I was going to do. There were no people to communicate with so I decided to turn on the television to see what was on. If any of you have ever watched National Lampoon's European Vacation (one of my all-time favorite movies) and remember the part where Rusty was trying to find some thing on the ...