Scottish Highlands
Scottish Highlands – Day 7
Today started out with a promise. We were on out way to visit a shepherd! If you’ve been reading my blog with any regularity, you’ll have noticed my fascination with farms and people who run them and keep some kind of animals for food and profit. Though this particular stop was an optional excursion, in retrospect, this was absolutely, hands-down, the best part of the guided tour (yes, even better than seeing the Magna Carta). This man has 33 dogs, all of which he trains himself. He has special whistles and verbal command and each dog has some commands that are unique to that dog. Oh those dogs! They’re so well-trained, and so...
Read MoreGlasgow, Scottish Highlands – Day 6
Ugh. Today it rained all day, which means the two optional excursions that I purchased (one a boat ride on Lach Lomond and cable car ride to the top of Ben Nevis mountain) were canceled. One would think that there would be a back-up plan of some sort, since this is the first tour of this kind in Scotland, and it’s fall, and it rains in Scotland, especially in the fall. Needless to say, I was very angry about the poor planning. (Still am.) So we drove around and the bus would drop us off in shopping areas. I didn’t come here to shop! I really didn’t like that at all. Trying to make something positive come out of this miserable day, I thought...
