Edinburgh | |
Living room in the royal yacht Britannia which is retired in the harbour of Edinburgh | |
A further view over Edinburgh | |
Partial view of Edinburgh Castle (fortified since the 7th century) | |
View from the Castle to the Military Tattoo Arena | |
The
Edinburgh Military
Tattoo: Two Swiss contributions were among the stars of the show (Youtube): Top Secret Drums Corps Swiss Army Central Band |
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The well known Grassmarket area in Edinburgh | |
My brother on the Jubilee Golf Court in St. Andrews, the home of Golfing | |
St. Andrew Beach (I went for a run while my brother was golfing) | |
Castle Blair which had already closed but which we could appraoch through a camping site | |
The Dunalstair Hotel in Pitlochry as an example for the hotels we had | |
Queen's View close to the hotel | |
Scone plce where for centuries the Scotish kings were crowned | |
Glen Shee ski station | |
Loch Muick closer to Ballater | |
Typical site, nothing for caravans! | |
Cairngorm Railway (of course Swiss made), another ski station | |
Fort George, close to Iverness | |
Culloden Battlefield, where the uprising led by Bonnie Prince Charlie came to a devastating end | |
Cawdor Castle | |
Urquhart Castle at the Loch Ness | |
Dunrobin Castle | |
The north-eastern most point of Scotland | |
Ben Hope where I went for a hike | |
The trail head | |
View from the top towards north. Between here and the north pole there is nothing but water and ice | |
Another light house, looking toward the Orkney Islands | |
The castle where Queen mother lived in Caithness (The Caslte of Mey) | |
Smoo Cave | |
Falls of Measach | |
Hiking in Scotland (here on the Isle of Skye): all pathes are flooded or muddy | |
Hiking in Scotland continued: no briged = wet and cold feet | |
Dunvegan Castle, home of the MacLeods for more than 700 years | |
An example of a "black house", where the not sofortunate used to live | |
Cliffs close to the Mealt Falls | |
The ferry we took to leave the Isle of Skye | |
The Harry Potter train close to Glenfinnan | |
The place where Bonnie Prince Charlie set foot in Scotland to start the upraising | |
View from the top of another ski station (Nevis Range) | |
Great Glen | |
Oban | |
Oban and the McCaig's tower | |
Battlefield close to Stirling from happier times where the Scots beat the English at Bannockburn | |
Wallace Monument commemorating "Brave Heart" for another successful battle close to Stirling | |
Drums and pipes in front of Stirling Castle | |
The Roman's were also up here building the Antonine Wall significantly north of Hadrian's Wall | |
Trossach's national park | |
My home is my castle (Hopetown House) | |
Culros, almost unchanged from ancient times | |
Rosslyn Chapel which we visited after having checked in. Does not look like in the movie. |