SCOTLAND ADVENTURE

 We are spending almost a month in the Scottish Isles. The first part

of our trip will be in the Hebrides. After the long flt to Heathrow and a smaller flt, we landed in Inverness in late evening. Just a sideline here: we recognized a movie star on both flts. It was Tilda Swinton, and she makes her home in Nairn. We haven’t seen her walking around, but the locals tell us she is very involved in life in the Highlands.

A quick taxi ride brought us to the charming town of NAIRN, where we checked into an old farm manor, now a beautiful hotel on 21 acres of farm land. The morning after a restless sleep, I took off on some country road walking and found myself on an old golf course. The town is nestled on a“furth” which we would call a bay or inlet. It’s an ancient fishing site and became popular a few hundred years ago when Doctors prescribed salt sea and salt air for all sorts of maladies. Later in the afternoon, Steve and I wandered all over the sea wall and old fishtown, where we eventually found a pub and enjoyed fish and chips and “pint”. Nairn is a delightful town, with friendly locals and easy to get around. The weather has been warm…. The old building like the one we are staying in, do not have A\C, so it’s been a challenge keeping our room cool. The staff brought us fans and “wedges” to prob open our door to allow breezes to blow thru. It’s helpful, but compromised privacy. Tomorrow, we are up early to catch a train and travel to the start of our Hebrides exploring.