Monday, September 28, 2009

Falkirk Wheel

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In 1822 the Scots dug a canal linking the River Clyde on the  west with the  Firth of Forth on the east, thus making a  waterway connect...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Glencoe, Stirling, and Bannockburn

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We spent two uneventful days at the Glen Nevis visitor center, not bothering anyone, the alternating squalls and gales affording me the op...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Ben Nevis, Again

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Sunday, September 20, I climbed Ben Nevis, again. I left the camper at 8AM, summited at 1:24, and got back to the camper at 4:34, a bit slow...

Broadford and "A Link with the '45"

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Our possibly coolest campsite yet turned out not to be. A gale came up in the night, and buffeted the poor Grey Wanderer violently. We manag...

More Isle of Skye

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Our return to Skye was uneventful. From Uig we decided to  drive the scenic east  coast back down to Broadford. Our  campsite, on a shel...

More Harris and Lewis

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Our one-day tour of Lewis/Harris continued to Stornoway,  the traditional capital and  city, where we examined some  tweed, among other...

Large Menhir

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At Clach an Trushal, near Barvas, Lewis Island, Scotland's largest menhir...18 feet.

Black House

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The Clearances also got to the Outer Hebrides, and all over  the island are  abandoned dry-stone dwellings, usually just  the walls--bla...

Doune Broch

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Out on the west side of Lewis is a somewhat preserved broch, Doune Broch, one of those circular, double-walled towers the residents of Sco...

Callanish

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Callanish itself is a bit unusual...a cruciform shape has evolved, a couple long avenues, a circle, a ruined dolmen within the circle. Hundr...