Day 20: To Dalwhinnie in Scotland
The journey begins in London, England. We then proceed west through Southern England before crossing into Wales. The religion of England and Wales is Protestantism and the currency is the pound sterling.
We then take a boat west to enter Ireland. Ireland is a very independent nation where the main religion is Roman Catholicism. Their currency in Ireland is the EuroDollar. We travel through Ireland, including their capital city of Dublin.
We proceed north crossing into Northern Ireland, an important part of the United Kingdom where the primary religion is Protestantism and their currency is that of the United Kingdom which is the pound sterling.
We then travel by boat east to the Island of Great Britain (which is the countries of England, Wales and Scotland) back into England before proceeding north to Scotland. The religion in Scotland is Protestantism and their currency is the pound sterling.
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Another day of great travel as we head southeast of Scotland! What fantastic, beautiful seens...here are just a few!
Neil and the sheep dogs and the sheep
We then stopped to honor John Mackenzie Cullian, a pioneer to exploring this mountain range of Scotland!
Along the road...
View of Local Cattle
John Mackenzie Cullian, the Explorer
Stop at a Local Village
We next stopped at a local village for a quick break...of couse, I looked for ice cream. But shops were closed, and I could only find packages in a local grocery store!
We next stopped in the highlands of Scotland where the ancient folklore story started, the story of Lock Ness, specifically known as Nessie, who is said to inhabit these waterways!
The Lock Ness Monster...Nessie
We next stopped at the city of Inverness for lunch. This is the largest city in north Scotland with a population of approx. 40,000 people.
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On the road...
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Cattle in the mountains of Scotland
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Cuillin the Explorer
While traveling through the mountains, we stopped to take a look at the cattle that is famous for this type of land in Scotland!
We then moved on to the countryside to check in to our hotel.
Inverness for Lunch
Check-in at our hotel!
We next stopped at a ranch where Neil, the owner, could explain how important his sheep dogs are in keeping track of the sheep! What a fascinating stop! Neil explains how he trains his dogs, how the sounds make a difference in what they are doing with the sheep (keeping them in a circle, splitting them into 2+ groups, moving them to other parts of the ranch, etc.).
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Stop for lunch...
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Lock Ness Monster
Some tourists on our trip stopped to have what Ed, our tour guide, called food from a Scot...McDonald!
I did find the "Milk Bar" across the River Ness in Inverness. I got two flavors--Raspberry Ripple and Chocolate-- and took the photo over the River Ness looking at the castle on the hill in the background.
He also showed us how he cut the skin from the sheep. He could simple freeze the sheep from moving by hypnotizing it. He does this by holding his whistle in fromt of the eye of the sheep and swinging it 7 times. This mesmerizes or freezes the sheep so that he can easily cut the sheepskin of the fleece from the sheep without it moving! How fascinating!
It was so much fun for us to "play" with the dogs and the sheep as he continued to give us so much more info about the facts of the use and training of the dogs and the possession of the sheep skin or fleece.
What a fascinating stop!!
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Inverness for lunch...
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Culloden
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Neil and his sheep dogs and sheep
Culloden
Our next stop was at Culloden, the grounds of an important battle between the English and the Scottish in 1746. It is said that over 1,000 Scots lost their lives in the first hour of the battle.
(Red is British troops, blue is Scots.)
