Bonnie Scotland

Also in August last year, we borrowed a Kath and blasted up to Scotland for the Edinburgh Tattoo, the annual celebration of Scottish and worldwide military marching bands and display teams, which you may have seen on Aussie TV on past New Year's Eves. We were a bit worried that we might be the only audience members born since World War II, but this turned out to not be the case, with quite a few of us "youngsters" in the crowd. The evening was very entertaining; here are some highlights.

Blokes in dresses walk around in circles:

Edinburgh Castle looking spiffy while a troupe of performers make their entrance:

Colour-coded horses:


The next day we fled Edinburgh and started a quick driving tour of Scotland, stopping in at some old favourite places, like St Andrews, as well as some new ones such as Carbisdale Castle, a fabulously massive castle in the middle of the Highlands that was actually donated to the Youth Hostels Association by one of Johnny's ancestors. Really! We stayed there - it's haunted, but cool!


With further stops at Inverness, Glencoe and Oban, we covered a pretty good portion of the Highlands, including a possible sighting of the Loch Ness Monster! Look at the tentacles!


Lunch near Ben Nevis:


Castle Stalker on Loch Linnhe:


Be vewy vewy quiet, we're hunting Highlan' Coos!