Scotland 2006:Best Pictures From Scotland

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River Dee
A scenic bridge view of the River Dee in Chester, England
Guess Who?
Don in Chester
Bear & Billet
Typical street view in Chester
Victorian Clock
Wish I could remember the details of the story... pretty, ain't it?
Closeup of Victorian Clock
Another view, 1897 clock tower, Chester
Roman Ruins
Roman amphitheatre remains, discovered while building the road, Chester
Ancient Arch
Don and Pauline, Chester
River's Edge
Scenic view across the River Dee, Chester
Conwy Castle
View from Conwy Castle, North Wales
Conwy Castle
Turret at Conwy Castle, North Wales
Conwy Castle View
View across the river from Conwy Castle, North Wales
Wildlife
Cows in the field near Hill House Farm (our B&B)
More Wildlife
Cows being friendly. (We think the brown one was rather pregnant...)
Goodbye, Hill House Farm
Pauline, Lauri, and Kathryn (B&B host) at Hill House Farm
Tree
A gnarly old tree near Hill House Farm
Gargoyle
Gargoyle on York Minster
Tea in York
Don and Lauri having tea in York
Street Artist
Street artist painting on a great big canvas, York
Emperor
Emperor Constantine (with butt in hand), York (and no, I did not put it there!)
Window
Stained glass window, York Minster
Another window
Another stained glass window, York Minster
York Minster
Inside York Minster
More York Minster
Another from inside York Minster
For Terry
Nightly Bile Beans keep you Healthy, Bright-eyed, and Slim! (really!)
Shambles
The Shambles, York
Famous People!
Jean-Luc Picard at a pub in York
Even more scenery
View of the Cairngorms from Aviemore
Deer
A deer head in the Crannog
Dear
My dear (Don) in the Crannog
Village
Kenmore, seen from Crannog Centre
Crannog
The Crannog at the Crannog Centre, a reconstruction of pre-historic living on Loch Tay (and elsewhere)
Flowers
Flowers near the Crannog
Scenery
Scenic entrance to a castle, Kenmore
Sheep
Sheep grazing alongside a sparkling river
River
Sparkling waters
Another Valley
Another scenic valley
Flowers
Pretty flowers at the Cooperage
Coopers
Real coopers at work
More Coopers
More coopers at work
Glenfiddich
Glenfiddich Distillery
Stills
The stills at Glenfiddich
Rainbow
Rainbow at Aviemore! It lasted for nearly 20 minutes and was absolutely spectacular.
Rainbow
Another rainbow shot
Cairngorms
Scenic Cairngorm view from Aviemore
Aviemore
View from our room at Scandinavian Villages, Aviemore
Shrooms
Mushroom in the wild
Rocks
Nice rocks at Aviemore
Cawdor
Cawdor Castle
Old Tree
Tree under repair (cement and strapping), Cawdor Castle grounds
Very old tree
Very very old tree, Cawdor Castle
Another tree
Another mossy old tree, Cawdor Castle
Cawdor
Coat of Arms at Cawdor Castle
Flowers
Just playing with the camera here...
Daffodils
Cawdor Castle
Tree
Strange old tree (vertically huge, but very narrow, branches), Cawdor Castle
Budding branch
An artistic shot...
For Dave
For a former boss of mine named David Ritchie!
Clava Cairns
View from inside a 4000+ yr old burial chamber, Clava Cairns
Clava Cairns
Standing stones at Clava Cairns
Clava Cairns
Second burial chamber at Clava Cairns
Clava Cairns
More standing stones, Clava Cairns
Clava Cairns
Third burial chamber at Clava Cairns
Clava Cairns
The original Tombstone?
Clava Cairns
Standing stone
Clava Cairns
Burial chamber
Clava Cairns
Closeup, standing stone
Clava Cairns
Another standing stone
Clava Cairns
Detail, rock & moss on a burial chamber
Clava Cairns
Detail, red rock on burial chamber
Clava Cairns
More rock details
Clava Cairns
More standing stones
Clava Cairns
Burial chamber with standing stones
Clava Cairns
More standing stones
Sunshine
Sunlight filtering through the trees
Scenery
View from a Tomintoul pub
Kingussie
Highland Folk Museum, Kingussie
Spring
Closeup, spring is budding
Bunny
A bunny at the Highland Folk Museum
Barracks
Old barracks, along the back road to Loch an Eilein
River
Rushing water near Insh
River
River scene, near Insh
Scenery
More scenery, near Insh
Scenery
Scenery, Insh-ish
Flowers
Flowers, near Insh
Bird
A bird on Loch an Eilein
Castle
Hidden castle (stormed by Edward I) in Loch an Eilein
Castle
Another shot of the castle
Castle
Detail of castle
Scenery
Scenic lake picture
Castle
Final castle shot
Scenery
"Get off the road!" (Looks like a good hobbit hiding place, eh?)
Bird
Bird in a tree
Bird
Bird on a fence
Bird
Bird on a tree
Close
An Edinburgh close along The Royal Mile
Window
Stained glass at one of the famous churches (I don't remember which one)
Building
Neat old building in Edinburgh
Courtyard
Hidden courtyard, Edinburgh
Construction
Road construction, the Scottish way (in Edinburgh)
Decorations
House decoration, Edinburgh
Cemetary
Cemetary in Edinburgh
Crags
The Crags of Edinburgh
Crags
More crags
Arthur's Seat
At the end of the crags
Cows
Cow Festival in Edinburgh!
Crags
More crag scenery
New Town
Nice yard!
Building
Famous building in Edinburgh (Lord Nelson memorial?)
Building
Another famous building in Edinburgh
Nice hair
A not-so-famous person
Castle
Edinburgh Castle
Building
Famous structure, Edinburgh (Robert Burns memorial?)
Scenery
Near the railway station, Edinburgh
Decorations
Nice rooftop ornament
Scenery
A tree grows in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Castle
Robert Burns
I think this is the statue of Robert Burns... but it could be somebody else...
Scenery
Not-so-scenic shot, Edinburgh Castle
Castle
Edinburgh Castle, backside
Stained Glass
William Wallace stained glass window, St. Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh Castle
Views
View from Edinburgh Castle
Ornaments
Roof ornaments, Edinburgh Castle
Castle
Inside Edinburgh Castle
Castle
View from Edinburgh Castle
Castle
And another view from Edinburgh Castle
Castle
And another Edinburgh Castle garden shot
Stair
The long stair out of Edinburgh Castle
Farewell, Edinburgh
Lauri, Don and Rhona at The Auld Reekie Guesthouse (our Edinburgh B&B)
Hadrian's Wall
Lauri & Don, near Hadrian's Wall (on an absolutely gorgeous spring day)
Hadrian's Wall
Remains of a Roman Fort at Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall
More Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall
Another Hadrian's Wall shot
Scenery
View from Hadrian's Wall (the yellow fields are "rapeseed" aka canola flowers)
Cows
Cows at Hadrian's Wall
Scenery
Scenery around Hadrian's Wall
Tree
A gnarly old tree
Batavians!
Batavians were here, at a Roman outpost along Hadrian's Wall (now being excavated)
Archeology
Archeological dig near Hadrian's Wall
Friends
Mike & Allison Greenhalgh, friends from our Mediterranean Cruise, on our last night
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