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We spend one morning in Gretna
Green. This was a place that many people would come to to get married. In
England the age that one could get married was 18, but in Gretna Green the age
was 16! Couples would go to Gretna Green and would be married by the blacksmith,
who was said could marry a couple and shoe a horse at the same time. |
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Start the second day, in the highlands, viewing snow
caped Ben
Nevis, which is Scotland’s highest mountain. The sun made it's way threw the
clouds just enough to light the mountain as we stood at a memorial where we
could see the mountain.
The
Glacial Valleys are absolutely stunning!
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Upon arriving in the Loch Ness
area we realize that we would not get to see the Urquhart Castle which rests
beside Loch Ness. John said that they only take people by bookings, which we do
not have. |
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John had the driver drive by
Urquhart Castle really slow for us to get a glimpse. Just past the castle we
were back on the little windy mountain road and came to a stop where an
18-wheeler was laid over on its side on a curve. We waited for three hours for
the mess to be cleaned up. While we were waiting we saw two sets of jets,
Tornadoes, pass by us at dizzying speeds. Well, we sat for three hours by the
Loch Ness and never did see any monster:) |
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While we waited for the wreck to clear we were entertained by a
quiz made by John, Carrie and I won:) Then we took pictures of
this really nice bagpiper. He had played at Madonna's
wedding.
We were also entertained by a Scottish man, who had this dog who
was very obedient and did tricks for us.
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After
the wreck was cleared we stopped in Fort Augustus for lunch. I
shot these flowers in a beautiful garden in front of someone's
home. |
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