This round of photos are of the beautiful country of Scotland. We went to Aberdeen from Edinburg and my friend, Steve, picked us up at the bus station and we stay with him for a few days.
If you are wondering about the title of this post, it comes from one of our favorite street signs we saw in Aberdeen, Scotland. In the rural areas, there were speed limit signs stating that the limit was 20 mph and then below it, it read "Twenty's Plenty." Also in Aberdeen there was a "part time" traffic signal (it doesn't work full time, only part time) and on the small bridges, instead of putting the weight limits on the bridges, they put signs that say "weak bridge." That just doesn't give you a lot of confidence to continue across the bridge. So, we were in Aberdeen for 4 days and we spent a lot of the time just relaxing at Steve's house, eating, doing laundry and doing a bit of sightseeing also.
This is not all the photos from Scotland, but I will add the rest later. Somehow the computer I am on now erased the rest. So, These photos start in Aberdeen with a wonderful photo of the statue of Rob Roy. Then, we have some photos from one of the most beautiful places we visited in Scotland, Slain's Castle. This is located about 30 min. outside of Aberdeen and it is where the author of Dracula wrote the book. It was, evidently, a hotel at one point in it's history. The view here was breathtaking. The castle sat on these cliffs that were about a 200ft. drop straight down into the North Sea. After the castle photos, there are photos of the highlands, Loch Ness and Fort Augustus. Towards the bottom, there are a few pictures from Edinburgh and Shane and I doing a little light climbing on the place I mentioned in the earlier post called Arthur's Seat. We were inspired from our day of Going Ape and decided to try climbing without the ropes.
More pictures to come shortly'
Here is Rob Roy in all his glory. This stature is in Aberdeen next to the bridge that he is said ot have jumped off of.
Here is a view of Slain's Castle.
These are some of the cliffs right before you get to the castle ruins.
I climbed up one of the towers and took a photo of Steve and Shane.
Me hanging out in one of the windows of the castle. I wish the camera could have captured what was behind me out the window! It was stunning!!
Shane taking a stroll.
Here are some of the cliffs that were directly below the castle.
This the adorable little town of Fort Augustus where Loch Ness is located.
A random church that was next to Loch Ness.
Here are some more of my efforts to get the ultimate postcard shot.
Shane and I in the same exact pose on the shore of Loch Ness. Look closely, and you might just see Ole Nessy.
More views of Fort Augustus and the Loch.
This is Glen Coe. This valley is famous because of an event that happened between 2 clans, the McDonalds and the Campbells, many years ago. The Campbells betrayed the McDonalds so everyone in the highlands hates Campbells and they are not allowed to go into a lot of establishments even now.
Here is a photo of me on Arthur`s Seat above the city of Edinburgh.
As you can see, we were inspired by our Go Ape experience and decided to do some light climbing. (For those of you who have been to Arthur`s seat...don`t comment!)
This is the city of Edinburgh looking down from Arthur`s Seat.
This is a view of the main street, the Royal Mile, in Edinbugh that leads up to the famous Edinburgh Castle.
Beautiful Edinburg...some different views of the areas surrounding the city.
