Edinburgh

Here are a small selection of photos from our visit to Edinburgh.

 Overlooking the Firth of Forth.

 National monument.

 Nelsons Monument

 The castle from the new town.

 Hollyrood Palace.

 Remnants of Holyrood Abbey

 Holyrood Palace

Holyrood Palace.

Church in Royal Mile at night.

 Monument in Queens Park

 Main gate Edinburgh Castle.

 Porticulus Edinburgh Castle.

 Battery Edinburgh Castle.

 Overlooking town from the castle.

 Cannon overlooking town.

 Dog cemetery at the castle.

 Prison at the castle.

Royal Mile, looking down the hill from the castle.

Edinburgh Castle at night.

We're home.

We are home now, I had a succession of hotels at the end of the trip who wanted to charge for internet access. Being the cheapskate that I am I refused, and I just didn't get time to go to Maccas or Starbucks to get internet access. So I will add a few posts not in any particular order of the parts that I missed.

The following photos are from our 3 day coach trip to the Isle of Skye. We had one day of heavy rain in the start, but then 2 fine days so that we could hike around on the island, country was very rough and quite cold, but very beautiful.

 See, Nessie is real!!!!!   Loche Ness

 Scottish Cattle, not as mean as they look.

 Isle of Skye, Wild country,beautiful scenery and lots of sheep.

 Halfway through the hike. Isle of Skye

Eilean Donan Castle.

 Setting out onto Loche Ness.

 Waterfall, Scottish Highlands.

Town of Portree, Isle of Skye.

 Along the docks at Portree

 Coastal view Isle of Skye.

 Waterfall, Isle of Skye.

 Houses, Isle of Skye.

 Fairys Lookout, Isle of Skye.

 Crofters cottage, Isle of Skye.

 Lighthouse, Isle of Skye.

 Hard to see in this photo, but the roof is tied down with rope. Some houses on Skye have large rocks hanging from their thatched roof to hold it down in the wind.

Eilean Donan Castle again.

Hit Scotland at last.

We have finally hit Scotland, we are staying in a lovely hotel just outside of Edinburgh. We stayed last night in York, a walled city with lots of history right back to Roman times.

 Avebury stone circle, a lot larger then Stonehenge, so big that they have a town in the middle of it.

 Stones from the circle, sheep graze amongst the stone.

 Clifton Tower in York

 One of the gates in the city wall in York.

 On the city wall in York

 Ruins on St Marys Abbey in York, another one destroyed by Henry VIII

 Helmet Yorkshire Museum

 Roman Statue Yorkshire Museum.

The Wall at York, from the outside.

Castle at Lindisfarne, looking out to the North Sea.

Lindisfarne Priory ruins

Lindisfarne Priory ruins

Lindisfarne Castle.

 Lindisfarne Castle

Lindisfarne Castle

More stone at Avebury.