Edinburgh |
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Living room in the royal yacht Britannia which is retired in the harbour of Edinburgh |
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A further view over Edinburgh |
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Partial view of Edinburgh Castle (fortified since the 7th century) |
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View from the Castle to the Military Tattoo Arena |
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The
Edinburgh Military
Tattoo: Two Swiss contributions were among the stars of the show (Youtube): Top Secret Drums Corps Swiss Army Central Band |
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The well known Grassmarket area in Edinburgh |
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My brother on the Jubilee Golf Court in St. Andrews, the home of Golfing |
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St. Andrew Beach (I went for a run while my brother was golfing) |
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Castle Blair which had already closed but which we could appraoch through a camping site |
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The Dunalstair Hotel in Pitlochry as an example for the hotels we had |
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Queen's View close to the hotel |
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Scone plce where for centuries the Scotish kings were crowned |
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Glen Shee ski station |
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Loch Muick closer to Ballater |
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Typical site, nothing for caravans! |
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Cairngorm Railway (of course Swiss made), another ski station |
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Fort George, close to Iverness |
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Culloden Battlefield, where the uprising led by Bonnie Prince Charlie came to a devastating end |
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Cawdor Castle |
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Urquhart Castle at the Loch Ness |
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Dunrobin Castle |
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The north-eastern most point of Scotland |
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Ben Hope where I went for a hike |
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The trail head |
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View from the top towards north. Between here and the north pole there is nothing but water and ice |
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Another light house, looking toward the Orkney Islands |
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The castle where Queen mother lived in Caithness (The Caslte of Mey) |
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Smoo Cave |
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Falls of Measach |
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Hiking in Scotland (here on the Isle of Skye): all pathes are flooded or muddy |
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Hiking in Scotland continued: no briged = wet and cold feet |
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Dunvegan Castle, home of the MacLeods for more than 700 years |
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An example of a "black house", where the not sofortunate used to live |
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Cliffs close to the Mealt Falls |
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The ferry we took to leave the Isle of Skye |
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The Harry Potter train close to Glenfinnan |
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The place where Bonnie Prince Charlie set foot in Scotland to start the upraising |
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View from the top of another ski station (Nevis Range) |
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Great Glen |
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Oban |
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Oban and the McCaig's tower |
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Battlefield close to Stirling from happier times where the Scots beat the English at Bannockburn |
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Wallace Monument commemorating "Brave Heart" for another successful battle close to Stirling |
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Drums and pipes in front of Stirling Castle |
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The Roman's were also up here building the Antonine Wall significantly north of Hadrian's Wall |
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Trossach's national park |
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My home is my castle (Hopetown House) |
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Culros, almost unchanged from ancient times |
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Rosslyn Chapel which we visited after having checked in. Does not look like in the movie. |