Patrick and Karen came for a visit in May 2006.
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Patrick checks his camera |
Karen eats crumpets |
and Anne pets Molly |
Pictish carvings at the Miegle Museum |
Anne serves to measure the stones |
We visit a waterfall |
Aberlemno Church Stone Cross |
Battle scene on the other side of the stone cross |
Another stone cross by the Aberlemno road |
Aberlemno stone with carvings of snakes |
Another Pictish stone at Aberlemno |
Anne, Patrick, and Karen by the stones in Aberlemno |
Hills by Aberlemno with gathering storm clouds |
Baa Lambs at Aberlemno |
Brechin Cathedral |
We cross the fence |
To Caterthun Hill Fort |
Stonechat |
Loch Earn |
Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe |
Duart Castle gaurds the harbour to Isle of Mull |
Isle of Staffa approcahing on the boat |
Fingal's Cave in the Isle of Staffa |
Most of Staffa it's not very big |
Puffin Cliff on Staffa |
Puffin who nests on the cliff at Staffa |
Cross on Iona |
Iona Nunnery |
Iona Abbey the first Christian monastary in Scotland |
Iona Cemetary next to the abbey, burial place of ancient Scottish kings |
Church Interior Inside Iona abbey |
Sanctuary of the Iona church |
Lost Souls carved in the stone of the Iona chruch |
Burial Slabs marking graves of knights buried at Iona |
Stone Cross in the museum at Iona |
Karen next to Burial Slabs |
Seagull Stalking these people eating lunch |
Kilmartin Standing Stones |
Patrick and the Standing Stone |
Sheep Worshiping the Standing Stones |
Kilmartin Stone Circle |
Dunadd Hill Fort Home of the early Dalriadia kings of the Scots |
Gate to Dunadd |
Dunadd Inaguration Stone where the kings were crowned |
Patrick and Karen on Dunadd |
Carnassarie Castle |
View from Carnassarie Castle |
Argyll Lamb outside of the castle |
Inveraray Castle which was closed by the time we got there, darn. |
Rest and be Thankful the aptly named pass over the southern highlands |
Loch Lomand a small part of it at least |
Island in Loch Lomand this is the largest (surface area) loch |
Doune Castle |
An important fortress built in the 1300s...and... |
the set for Monty Python's Holy Grail movie (picture Lancelot running up the stairs) |
The Kitchens and two fair maidens |
The Lord's Hall |
Gargoyles |
Anne on the tower |
Karen taunting us |
They even provide coconut shells so you can re-enact horse riding sounds from the movie |
Anne plays riding into the castle with coconuts |
When we get home there is a rainbow over the harbour |