Pat Trotter

Spent this last day in Edinburgh just wandering and enjoying a beautiful spring day in this beautiful city.  Photographed everything with the iPhone today. Walked through the Princess Street Garden which gives you a magnificent view of Edinburgh Castle high on the hill.   It is a picture right out

The 5-day journey to Orkney and the North Coast came to an end today as we made our way back to Edinburgh. There was much more Scottish beauty to absorb. We stopped at the Corrieshalloch Gorge where we peered into  one of the most spectacular gorges of its type in

We left Orkney on the ferry today and headed down the famous north coast of Scotland. Or departure point was the village of Stromness which is quaint and very much looks like it should be a location for a Disney movie.  We traveled most of the day making stops along

This was a most amazing day spent on Orkney, an archipelago off the northeastern coast of Scotland. It encompasses some of the most amazing neolithic sites in the world.  Maeshowe, one of the finest chambered tombs in northwest Europe, was built around 5,000 years ago.It sits out in the middle of

Still on the beaten path with a group tour but it is well done and the trip to Orkney today was amazing.  The north coast of Scotland is very different from the Highlands which we passed through when we left Inverness.  Much more barren.  The ferry went from Scrabster to

Today was the day I went back on the beaten path and joined a tour going to Orkney and the North Coast.  As much as I enjoy Edinburgh I was in a serious melancholy mood having left the Highlands. Today it was back into the Highlands and my spirits immediately

It was an absolutely gorgeous, sunny day in Edinburgh today and great for exploring.  My first stop was a terrific bookstore where I found two more books for research for my book on the Lord of the Isles.  Passed some kids on the bridge by Waverly Station playing music to