6/30: Going The Royal Mile

We took two more photos from our vantage point above the city. At the
top of the Royal Mile you can see Edinburgh Castle, of which I wrote
about a week ago. At the bottom of the Royal Mile is the Palace
Holyrood where royalty actually resided in medieval times (warmer and
more pleasant than the dreary castle). Mary Queen of Scots lived here
and when she was forced to go up to the castle she apparently wasn't a
happy camper. Bonny Prince Charlie, it was said, that when he rode
into Holyrood on his returned attempt to take the throne from the
English, was given a royal cheer from the locals.

Unfortunately it was closed. So we went drinking scotch instead, at
Golfer's Land. You can read the very interesting history in the plaque
on the wall.

When lunch was done we wandered to a modern standing stone place that
explained the amazing geological history of Scotland. That became our
final earthcache for this trip. From that vantage point we took a
better photo of the hill and rocks above.

And that's it. What an amazing geoeuroadventure!

See you in Canada!

6/30: Last Cache in Edinburgh

This morning we packed up after breakfast and headed ootnaboot for
some fresh air. We had spent so much time on the bus the past two
weeks that we just wanted to be out in the fresh air and on our time
schedule.

Sonwe walked past the Cowgate to a church with a clock tower that
tells the time perfectly twice a day. Next we wandered over rogue end
of the line and grabbed a cache near a former warehouse used for
unloading trains of coal. The train was closed down and decommissioned
a long time ago.

Finally we climbed this big mountain and grabbed the cache that was
under the shadow of the rock wall. The scenery looking down over
Edinburgh was phenomenal!

Love Cows

We decided to grab a few more geocaches today in Edinburgh. On our way
to the first cache we saw this amazing building rift in front of an
old gate. It made us laugh.

6/29: Killiecrankie & the oldest Cathedral in the Highlands

The battle of Killiecrankie went to the Jacobites. In fact it was so
successful tha even the Jacobite warriors were grim when they went
back to. Left he dead after. Read the info plates.

One red cost kept 5.5m or 18feet to get away from the pursuing Scots.
Many of his fellow soldiers drowned trying to cross the river.

The famous Rob Roy fought in this battle and was very successful.

The cathedral you see as built 1400 years ago. The small church added
was built 400 years ago. It is one of the oldest cathedrals and most
important ones in the highlands during the ancient times.

6/29: Curling!

This was so cool to see an 1800s curling rink and all the tools. Very
awesome to see how it was authentically rebuilt.

6/29: Highland 1800s home

Totally different and "modern" compared to 100 years earlier. A stark
comparison to how the Scottish life changed after The Battle of
Culloden changed the way of life in the Highlands forever.

6/29: Highland 1700s Village 2

All Sod homes.