16 June – Saturday
Breakfast, and Les was convinced to try haggis – vegetarian haggis, which isn’t haggis at all! Haggis is the sheep’s stomach stuffed with the offal (heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, brains, etc), oatmeal, onions and spices.
A short drive and we came across some standing stones in a field beside the road, then a walk through the field of sheep, sheep poo, midges and mud to another field containing two stone circles – one a standing circle, the other even older. It was absolutely wonderful, even if Jamie didn’t appear! It was a very cold, wet and dreary day, which added to the mysticism. Then on to Loch Lomond in the rain and mist before driving around the outskirts of Glasgow and on to Ayr for lunch. Ayrshire is very different to the highlands – is very prosperous looking dairy and sheep country.
We had a short detour to Stair, the place Douglas Downie lived before emigrating to Launceston. Not very much in Stair, a few very old, little houses, a nice looking pub and a very old church and graveyard. As we were driving along we came across another castle sign and just decided to have a look (getting to the stage of seen one, seen them all!). What a surprise, not a ruined castle but more like a palace and definitely lived in. The nice lady at the gate wanted 7 pounds each, so we took a photo and left. The gatekeepers lodge was on the banks of a beautiful trout stream. Then it was on to Gretna Green for the night and a nice B & B one block from the Blacksmith!
Breakfast, and Les was convinced to try haggis – vegetarian haggis, which isn’t haggis at all! Haggis is the sheep’s stomach stuffed with the offal (heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, brains, etc), oatmeal, onions and spices.
A short drive and we came across some standing stones in a field beside the road, then a walk through the field of sheep, sheep poo, midges and mud to another field containing two stone circles – one a standing circle, the other even older. It was absolutely wonderful, even if Jamie didn’t appear! It was a very cold, wet and dreary day, which added to the mysticism. Then on to Loch Lomond in the rain and mist before driving around the outskirts of Glasgow and on to Ayr for lunch. Ayrshire is very different to the highlands – is very prosperous looking dairy and sheep country.
We had a short detour to Stair, the place Douglas Downie lived before emigrating to Launceston. Not very much in Stair, a few very old, little houses, a nice looking pub and a very old church and graveyard. As we were driving along we came across another castle sign and just decided to have a look (getting to the stage of seen one, seen them all!). What a surprise, not a ruined castle but more like a palace and definitely lived in. The nice lady at the gate wanted 7 pounds each, so we took a photo and left. The gatekeepers lodge was on the banks of a beautiful trout stream. Then it was on to Gretna Green for the night and a nice B & B one block from the Blacksmith!
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