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Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Ross and Cromarty » Kenmore April 21st 2016

Geo: 56.5851, -3.99899I was awakened by the sounds of other hotel guests getting ready. I lay in bed with my eyes closed for a while and then realized that I'd been lying there for a long time. Why hadn't my alarm gone off? I finally opened my eyes to look at my clock: only 5:45. Sheesh! I fell back to sleep for another 35 minutes. Other than that, it's very quiet around here.It was another glorious day, though definitely nippy. We walked for 15 minutes to the other side of the loch to the Scottish Crannog Center. We learned a bit about crannogs on the Ireland tour, but this was more in depth. This loch, Loch Tay, held up to 30 crannogs in the Iron Age (500 BC). The Scottish Crannog Center works under the auspices ... read more
The crannog
Looking up inside the crannog
Daniel demonstrates an Iron Age lathe

Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Ross and Cromarty » Kenmore April 20th 2016

Geo: 56.5851, -3.99899It took forever to get out of Edinburgh this morning because of commuter traffic. It was as bad as Seattle!We stopped at a viewpoint to see the three bridges over the Firth of Forth. The first one was built in the 19th century and was admired by Gustave Eiffel. It was (and still is) used solely as a railway bridge and was one of the marvels of its day; it's a World Heritage site today. The second one was built in the 20th century and is the automobile bridge. However, due to accidents involving heavy goods vehicles and ordinary passenger cars, a 21st-century bridge is being built. This will allow the heavy goods and regular vehicles to travel on different roadways. It's quite unusual to see three centuries in a row like that.We got ... read more
Culross Palace
Culross Palace
Culross




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