In part 2 of Destination: Highland Council we are moving out of Inverness. We will be looking down towards Glencoe and over to the Isle of Skye. There is a lot of area to cover so I have Google Maps to show where we are exploring. Not shown on this map, but just outside Inverness…
The destination of Scotland’s Highland Council is so large that it needs to be broken up into four parts. Highland is a council area in the Scottish Highlands. It is the largest local government area in the United Kingdom. I will just be covering the areas through which we are traveling. Part 1 is going…
The place that I am most anticipating enjoying is the Moray destination. Right now I am reading Malcolm and the Marquis of Lossie along with George MacDonald, Cullen, and Malcolm. This awesome little book by Michael and Judy Phillips is dedicated: In Memory of George MacDonald (1824-1905) Huntly native, best-selling author, one of Scotland’s 19th…
In Destination: Aberdeen we find the 3rd largest city in Scotland, as well as Marischal College, which is the 2nd largest granite building in the world. Aberdeen is one of the most architecturally distinctive cities in Europe. If that isn’t enough to get your attention, Aberdeen has two Old Towns. The first Old Town is…
When I chose to start with Destination: Aberdeenshire I had no idea of the rich history I was about to discover! Besides the 260+ Castles, approximately 20% of all of the Pictish stones recorded in Scotland, and 10% of the stone circles recorded in Britain are found in Aberdeenshire. While organizing information to share, I…
There are so many things to do and see in Aberdeenshire. According to the VisitScotland website, Aberdeenshire is located on the north-east coast of Scotland and is known as ‘Scotland’s Castle Country’ with over 260 castles, stately homes and ruins. Aberdeenshire is the area around Aberdeen city. It stretches from the Banffshire coast in the north all…
In 2020, we were going to spend half of our trip to Scotland in Cullen. We had this fabulous fishing cottage AirBnB booked. We also had our Scotland reading list of George MacDonald and Michael Phillips books that were set in and around Cullen. Naturally, we were excited about getting to experience all of the…
Have you ever thought to yourself, “I’m going to die!”? Looking at Google maps gave me a lovely panoramic bird’s eye view of Stirling Castle and the surrounding area. *GULP!* If you have been to Stirling, or seen pictures, you will realize that it is ALL HILL. In fact, everywhere we are going, we will…
June 2020 I was supposed to be going on an Epic Adventure to Scotland. It was all planned. To visit historic sites, castles and museums we had gotten our National Trust for Scotland and Historic Environment Scotland memberships. Our tickets for the Jacobite Loch Ness Cruise were purchased. The AirBnBs were reserved. We had plane…