You can tell by the entrance to the Hunterian Museum that this was a building of some age. The architecture was beautiful. The museum is not huge but there is still a great deal to view as there is a large collection. Part of the museum was closed off as they were preparing a new…
Tag: Scotland
Tuesday Travels. . . Paisley
I would have to say that Paisley was a bit of a disappointment in my view. I had been looking forward to visiting the Paisley Museum and Art Gallery but unfortunately it had been closed up the day before we arrived and it was to be closed for a few years for major renovations. Oh…
Tuesday Travels. . . Wigtown
On our way back to Glasgow we spent some time in the Scottish border country. We visited Wigtown which is known as Scotland’s National book town. The fact that it is a booktown was planned as a way to regenerate the town after the demise of the creamery and distillery which closed in the 1990s. …
Tuesday Travels. . . Inverness
I was reliving memories of my childhood visits to Inverness when we came across Inverness station. My elder sister was in charge of me when we both traveled by train to our uncle’s croft at Boultach in Caithness. Dad would drop us at Perth where we caught the train to Inverness. We had to change…
Tuesday travels. . . Tomnahurich, Hill of the Fairies, Inverness
Yes it is cemetery gates and you may be asking what this has to do with our travels. Tomnahurich, Hill of the Fairies, is a place I visited as a child when I was on a caravaning holiday with my father and brother and sisters. I remember enjoying wandering around the hillside reading the inscriptions…
Tuesday Travels. . .Whaligoe Steps, Caithness
On the map the Whaligoe Steps can be found at “The Haven”. When we returned to mainland Scotland after our trip to Shetland we stayed with my cousins at Burrigle, Forse. We were fortunate to have our cousins show us around the lesser known parts of the countryside and the Whaligoe Steps were something I…
Gippsland Granny 