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After leaving Dunrobin Castle, I continued on my way north... ~ Bella ...

Dunrobin Castle is in Sutherland, Scotland, and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in Scotland, serving as the ...

As I began my road trip around part of Scotland's NC 500, I started by visiting Cromarty and the Cromarty ...

Through this overpass is The Mormond Hill White Horse, located on the hills near Strichen in Scotland. The Mormond Hill ...

The Dyce Symbol Stones are a collection of Pictish and Early Medieval sculptured stones that are housed in a shelter in the ruined St Fergus's Chapel, Dyce, Aberdeen, Scotland ...

The Cullerlie Stone Circle is an ancient megalithic monument situated in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and is one of over 500 stone ...

The Royal Deeside Railway is lovely little heritage railway in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, that operates on a section of the former ...

According to Historic Environment Scotland, the Picardy Symbol Stone is unusual for two reasons: it’s one of only a few ...

Huntly Castle in Scotland was once the ancestral home of the influential Clan Gordon and the Earls of Huntly. Originally ...

Most people know of the iconic red phone boxes in Britain, but few realise that, at least in Scotland, a ...

Dracula's Castle in Scotland?  No, to the best of my knowledge, Count Dracula didn't visit the north east coast of ...

The Bullers of Buchan is about 6 miles south of Peterhead where I have been staying, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.  The ...

Highland cows (or heeland cooz as they are pronounced in Scotland) is native to the highlands of Scotland, hence the ...

Scotland's Boddham harbour was built in 1831 and became a registered port in 1845.    The village's lighthouse, Buchan Ness ...

Seemingly stranded in the middle of a large field, stands the ruins of Castle Pittulie in Fraserburgh, Scotland. Castle Pittulie, ...

The Pitsligo Castle was built around 1424.  Ownership later passed to the Forbes family of Druminnor. The last Forbes of ...

I loved it here - such a serene space... The church was built around 1630 and the south aisle of ...

Aikey Brae stands at the summit of Parkhouse Hill in Aberdeenshire. It is thought the stone circle was created around ...

Finally off exploring Scotland - first stop:  Deer Abbey, built in 1219. Deer Abbey was Cistercian monastery founded in 1219.  ...

Exploring the local area...  I will do a longer post at another time with the history of the area and ...

The airport at Bucharest, Romania is very modern, light, bright... ...and my new home sweet home - a lovely little ...

On the surface, this day might seem like a bummer of a day as five different places I went to ...

Wonderful day of exploring.  I first headed to Gretna Green, however when I saw how touristy it had become, decided ...

We headed off for what was only going to be two nights in Scotland, and ended up being almost a ...

My final day in beloved Scotland before I head off to my next globe-trotting destination on this amazing world-tour I ...

It was the beginning of February, 1692 and two companies of approximately 120 men from the Campbell Earl of Argyll's ...

My last outing before leaving beloved Scotland... The specks on the hill are sheep...   This is the view over ...

"The Lady of the Lake" is a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), and is ...

Kilmartin is one of my absolute favourite places in all of Scotland - while at first glance there doesn't seem ...

It was a lovely brisk 1 degree C (33 degrees F) as I set out to cross a bridge over ...

The aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth paid us a visit, just a little way along Loch Long from my holiday ...

Out for a drive to see what I could find... and in this case it was not finding a castle ...

Largs - the original name means "the slopes" in Scottish Gaelic - and was the site of the last Viking ...

Just before lockdown started in Scotland (again), I went for a drive to Kilmartin.  I have been here before, but ...

For weeks, this is what it has looked like in my lovely Scotland holiday home... as I pack up to ...

If this castle looks familiar, it might be because you have seen one or more of these movies: Early morning ...

After a series of wild and woolly days, we had a magnificent day here so, although I only had about ...

Here is a peek into what life is like living on a loch - this one in particular is part ...

Leaving the stone circle, I headed to the Kilmartin Church to see the extraordinarily fine sculptured stones, ranging in date ...

A lovely day for a drive so I went in search of prehistoric stone circles and cairns (ancient burial sites) ...

 A perfect day to set off in my time-machine and head back to the 15th century for a glorious medieval ...

Before we get into saving Edward, a rather eclectic family came to visit...  Two swans, a goose, and a duck! ...

Back again in my glorious piece of Heaven in beloved Scotland... Lady Penelope, my beloved baby Jaguar was waiting for ...

Rudolph Hess?  Yes!  After his flight from the Third Reich to Scotland, Hess was interned in Buchanan Castle which by ...

After an extended period of inclement weather, finally the sun decided to visit... So the next morning I rugged up ...

On my way home from the safari park, I went via the Falkirk wheel - the only rotating boat lift ...

Who knew that there were lions in them there Highland hills! ~ Bella ...

...continued... ...and we even had a real-life pipe major give us instruction on the bagpipes... ...and two rainbows on the ...

...continued... ...and so after another full day, we went back and changed into our 'bling' for a glorious evening at ...

The last weekend in September friends from all over the world to belatedly celebrate my birthday... with many of them ...

Friends from several countries flew in for my belated birthday celebration.  In addition to being one of my dearest friends, ...

Some may be aware of Rosslyn Chapel from the works by Dan Brown - but this enigmatic building has been ...

I feel so incredibly blessed to have found such an extraordinarily beautiful place to curl up and write... and such ...

The Braemar Gathering has been on my bucket list for many, many years - and yesterday had the most wonderful ...

Situated in Balloch in Scotland, 'The Maid' is the very last paddles steamer to be built in Britain - and ...

Heading north, I finally make it to Scotland! I stayed in a hotel in Glasgow for a few days taking ...