As I had taken Emma to Culloden to show here where Bonnie Prince Charlie’s uprising ended, I thought I should take her to Glenfinnan to show her where it started. Then we found an absolutely amazing spot to pitch the tent and even got a fire going that evening.
After meeting up with Moira and her friend Lewis we walked up Fort William High Street giving out some books and were met with a lot of hostility and damn right rudeness.
Ullapool has a reputation for being one of the most beautiful towns in Scotland so we headed up there to see for ourselves as well as being able to show the scene to you guys. It was a bit late by the time we got there but thankfully we found a place to sleep…….and it was a very isolated one.
I thought Emma would like to see an empty field with some flags in it so I took her to Culloden where Bonnie Prince Charlies army was squashed by the English Army (and some Scottish Clans) and some flags and tombstones were placed there as a reminder.
I have heard a lot about Findhorn over the years as apparently it had a spiritual community there which people like Mike Scott of The Waterboys have attended. However, we didn’t see much evidence of that when we got there, instead we saw a long empty windy beach.
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