Sunny Scotland

[alexgirl73]

I thought you may like to see a few of the photos we took on our travels round Scotland last week :D. We had hoped to get up Aberdeen way too, but not to be this time.

The Loup o' Fintry

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Loch Lomond

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Oban

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Culzean Castle and grounds

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Auld Alloway Kirk (Think Tam O'Shanter :)) Ayr

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[PoshPuss]

Lovely pictures Alex. Thanx for sharing them. :D

[angieh]

Great photos Alex - lovely to see a nice blue sky!

[calismum]

I think these really old gravestones in the Auld Alloway graveyard are amazing. Did you see the one with all the skulls. I have a few photos of these, just think of the work and skill it took to carve them.

We were at Culzean for lunch last week! It's lovely - did you walk along the beach too

Great pics - makes me realise I live in a gorgeous country.

[Elaine]

Great pictures Alex, I love graveyards (no snide comments necessary).:lol:

[alexgirl73]

Yes I did callismum :D They are fab aren't they, it really is an atmospheric place. It was wednesday of last week we went to Culzean, first time we had been (joined the NT this year :lol:), and thoroughly enjoyed it, such a beautiful place. No I didn't go on the beach, but my hubby and youngest daughter did. Too much for me with the old stick lol, my eldest and I drove down to the Swan pond and enjoyed ourselves there waiting for them to join us.

[alexgirl73]

Great pictures Alex, I love graveyards (no snide comments necessary).:lol:

Me too Elaine :D I'd rather walk round a graveyard than lounge beside a pool lol. Such peaceful places and some stunning works of art to be seen. Also makes you think of history and times gone by :)

[Elaine]

Good places to go for a think too.

[calismum]

Great pictures Alex, I love graveyards (no snide comments necessary).:lol:

Me too - so no snide from me. They are so interesting.

Was in a really old one on Islay last week, still to post pics.

[Elaine]

Me too - so no snide from me. They are so interesting.

Was in a really old one on Islay last week, still to post pics.

I'd love to see those.

[Elaine]

What does it say n the last headstone? I can make out some of the words but not all.

[alexgirl73]

can't remember it all Elaine

No man puteth his hand to the plough, looking back ? for the king (I think), don't know the last line.

[calismum]

looking back to the kingdon of God.

From the gospel of St Luke.

[alexgirl73]

that's it :D cheers :lol:

No man puteth his hand to the plough looking back is fit for the kingdom of God.

[dandysmom]

Such beautiful scenery; Scotland is a lovely country. Nice to see Loch Lomond, I know the old song from childhood but

. don't believe I've ever seen a pic of it before. It looks quite large. And in that shot of Oban, is that an old Roman colosseum at the top?

Re graveyards, ours don't have the antiquity, but I do enjoy walking thru our neighborhood one which goes back to the Civil War and has some really interesting monuments and tombstones; you're not alone, Elaine.

Thanks for sharing those, Alex.

[Tink]

Beautiful! :D

[alexgirl73]

Such beautiful scenery; Scotland is a lovely country. Nice to see Loch Lomond, I know the old song from childhood but

. don't believe I've ever seen a pic of it before. It looks quite large. And in that shot of Oban, is that an old Roman colosseum at the top?

Re graveyards, ours don't have the antiquity, but I do enjoy walking thru our neighborhood one which goes back to the Civil War and has some really interesting monuments and tombstones; you're not alone, Elaine.

Thanks for sharing those, Alex.

Glad you enjoyed them Eileen (and all). Loch Lomond is over 25 miles in length and you see some stunning scenery when driving alongside it.

The picture of Oban features McCaigs Folly :) It was built by a man at the end of the 19th century who wanted to make it an art gallery etc as well as a monument to himself, but it was never completed and stands over Oban to this day. It was based on a Roman colosseum and is a tourist attraction now :D

[dandysmom]

Thanks for the explanation, Alex; I was puzzled as I didn't think the Romans had built one in Scotland, but it certainly did look like one! I've had that Loch Lomond song in my head ever since yesterday! :mrgreen:

[Kazz]

Wonderful pictures there Alex and haven't the girls grown are you standing them in grow bags at night???? ;) Beautiful young ladies.

I adore graveyards, we must be an odd bunch on here, I did a history project on churches and graveyards......sparked my interest. Wherever I go I have to visit the church.

Glad you enjoyed your holiday, maybe next summer but I would love to tour Scoland in a VW camper. In fact saying that would like to tour the UK like that.

[alexgirl73]

lol Karen, we are a weird bunch on here anyway :p I too would love to tour in a campervan, but will have to stick to my car for the time being. We're off to Wales this saturday, so hopefully will get some nice pics there too :)

As for the girls, they are getting scarily big. Raechel is just starting to inch over me, and Hayley is going into her last year of primary :( Where have my babies gone???

[lynz85]

i live near ayr! have you ever been to edinburgh and seen grey friars bobby? i love going up there! they even have a statue of rabbie burns in australia! but they kept calling him robbie lol

[alexgirl73]

Haven't been to Edinburgh in a few years, and I keep meaning to go see the greyfriars booby, but never managed it :) We usually go to Ayr every summer when we're up visiting the family, reminds me of my childhood summers there lol. Typical Glasgow holiday :p We all piled on buses and trains down to Ayr :lol:

[lynz85]

haha! yeah my parents are from glasgow but they went to saltcoats for their holiday! eventually moved here with a lot of other glasgow overflows! i need to travel more of scotland lol i've never been oban! have you ever been to arran! lovely place, far too many midges!

[alexgirl73]

Never been to Arran sadly, in fact never been to any of the isles, really must remedy that some year :D We were in saltcoats this summer as well actually, cleaned up a bit from when we were wee :lol:. My sister lives in Kilwinning, so we spent a bit of time on the coast :)

[lynz85]

:shock: i live in kilwinning!!! :p whats her name i might know her lol!