Our last sunset paints the Edinburgh Castle golden making for a great ending to the last ten days in Ireland and Scotland.
While in Scotland
We see snow at Loch Ness. It hails during our Glenfiddich tasting. There’s at least some rain everywhere else. But we also get our share of sunshine, and the fleeting ephemeral nature of it makes it that much more special. Here are the a list of the places in Scotland that we visited while constantly being teased by the clouds.
Lodgings:
Cherrytree Villa Guesthouse, East Mayfield 9, Edinburgh
Inch Hotel, Fort Augustus*
Highlander Inn, Craigellachie*
Food:
The Holyrood 9A, 9A Holyrood Road, Edinburgh*
The Tea Rooms, Edinburgh Castle
The Elephant House, 21 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh
The Piemaker, 38 South Bridge, Edinburgh*
Clachaig Inn, Glencoe, Argyll**
Mitchells, St. Andrews, Fife
Artisan Roast, 57 Broughton Street, Edinburgh**
Drinks:
Kilderkin, 65-67 Canongate, Edinburgh**
The Old Bell, 233-235 Causewayside, Edinburgh
Glenfiddich Distillery, Dufftown, Banffshire*
Fiddichside Inn, Craigellachie, Banffshire**
Highlander Inn, Craigellachie**
The Macallan Distilleries, Craigellachie*
Tomintoul Distillery, Ballindalloch, Banffshire**
Conan Doyle, 71 York Place, Edinburgh
BrewDog, 143 Cowgate, Edinburgh*
Activities:
Royal Mile, High Street, Edinburgh
Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire
Glenfinnan Viaduct, Glenfinnan, Highland
Loch Ness, Inverness-shire**
Urquhart Castle, Dumnadrochit, Inverness*
St. Andrews Cathedral
The Old Course, St. Andrews
Sound the Bagpipes
Rolling hills, little cottages, and greenness,
The sheep, the cows, and a fair bit of rain,
We start in Edinburgh, go to Loch Ness
See a monster from the road’s fast lane.
Castles in Edinburgh and in Urquhart,
A night’s stay in a Fort Augustus B&B,
With only a little sun, a work of art
Even if it’s all a tad bit windy.
And then there’s the haggis, the meat pie,
The Scottish breakfast, and the chips,
Not great, but not bad, I won’t deny
With which we all quickly came to grips.
JK Rowling’s favorite coffee shop,
Her inspirational cemetery just next door.
At the train to Hogwarts, we make a stop
As we drive our cherry red Peugeot.
Hag ·gis: a traditional pudding made of the heart, liver, etc., of a sheep or calf, minced with suet and oatmeal, seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the animal.