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Zig -Zag Jetty St Monans

Having fun with camera settings
My knees were shaking as I stood on top of the very high sea wall
worth the effort

Challenge photo
Reflections

Not in France(Yet)
Stunning

The Thistles are just starting to blow into the wind

Scotland Birds Of pray Display

Smudge
He is a hand reared barn owl.
Another bucket list item. Not in the wild but O.M.G
amazeballs

Dinner

Hamish
A small eagle from the dessert of America
He kept flying of into the wooded area behind .
Free range
The man who was doing the display said he had spotted something that had taken his fancy

Bob the wild red deer comes down to be fed.
He is very fond of banana  skins and left over sandwiches.
We needed to keep an eye out as he will just knock you out of the way

He was a very heavy magical large owl.
Yes it was a scary experience and I loved every minute of it.

Old Pack Horse Bridge
Built in the eighteenth century. Why?
To get to the other side of course

Culloden
For those of Scottish background the history of this defining battle is well worth studying.
Not just the Outlander version
Now a designated war cemetery and it once again shows the sadness of battles then and now

Bow Fiddler Rock
Portknockie.
We could have sat for ages just watching the world go bye.
The fishing boats heading out to sea and the birds circling and dancing around the rock

I think I could wake up o this view

Portsoy
Would never have visited this delightful port town if it was for a posting on the 5000 Poppy project.
Thank you Janet. You live in an amazing part of Scotland

The Scottish Tourist Boards Marketing Tool.
Have seen more of them this trip than last.

Scotland only Reindeer Herd

The Mallard ducks come some 2 miles 3 times a day to clean up after they reindeer are feed.
 By the time we left there was a flock of about 20 

High on a mountain in the Cairngorm National park is the only herd of reindeer.
 They were reintroduced in 1952 after they were hunted out. We  have waited 2 years to come and enjoy these amazing gentle creatures. 

Orkney

No the cat is not dead just enjoying the sun that doesn't shine warm much in Scotland

The Italian Chapel. Orkney
 Built by the prisoners of war from 2 Nissan hut and a lot of inspiration

Day out on Orkney.
From very very old Skara Brae and the standing Stones.
 For those who know I could not go through,and I still haven't found him.
The war history of this place is amazing .You really find out how far spread the W.W.1 spread through out
Great Britain and into these islands.
I will get better at posting things I promise still haven't quite worked out how to drive the blogging caper

After a looong day driving Smoo Cave was a great way to stretch the legs.
I may not have mentioned that a lot of these interesting sights are down a lot of steps not very well spaced for those with legs that are not on the long side. But they are all been worth the effort.

Two years of waiting.We walked up the mountain to see the reindeer and hand feed them a bucket list item ticked off

Finally some stable wifi just a small snap shoot of what we have seen

The Kelpies of Falkirk
An amazing sight.They are made of individual metal plates

Kilt Falls Skye
They come from the land straight into the sea.

The Storr Skye
Our small hike of the day,solid up hill climb. Worth the hike for the view

Our Piper of Skye. Near Kilt Rock Falls.

Some interesting choice of footwear

These lovelies though this was the right thing to wear to go fells walking on a very cold,wet,step climb up to the Fairy Pools 

These are what we have named Welly Walkers .
They are a cross between a rubber boot and a walking boot.
They are the foot wear of chojce in Scotland and over the past week we found out w

Two and half days in Edinburgh and a lot to see and do. As a girl I watched a movie called Greyfriars Bobby( you can still get it on d.v.d)(and I still cry over it)it was a bucket list item to come and see his statue and his and his masters graves.

 The Palace Guards cared for Bobby when his master died. the taught him to listen for the cannon going of at one and he would come and hide under the table grave stones until dark and then he would go to sleep on his Masters grave.

To start the ball rolling.
Edinburgh a lovely town full of history and charm

The New the Old and the Ancient. The gap of the new bridge across the Fife will be finished buy the end of the year.The ancient is the Red Train Bridge (1890)
The Scotch monument stands near a park were we have been enjoying our lunches and watching the grey squirrel.