Long time no post, and my legs are aching

Too much walking on hard pavement does that to one...

now back in Bonnyrigg at the library. Have not long finished a three hour walking tour of Edinburgh with Glenda. It was fun and well worth the time and effort. The guide comes from Melbourne quite funny really.

Glenda is back off to Glasgow tomorrow, she is over here for another 10 days or so, so we parted company on the Waverley Bridge (very significant, that). Anyway to return to the saga in the right order :)

The castle at which we did not get to stay at is Carbisdale and is near Bonar Bridge.

We headed back to Inverness and booked into the Youth Hostel there. No way were going to go back to the grotty place we had been at before. Went back into town after having something to eat but the music which was on was all head banging stuff so decided to head back to the hostel for a relatively early night.

Next morning we prowled around the book and music shops in Inverness before heading off in the general direction of the Keith festival. I insisted that I wanted to visit Culloden, not quiite sure what was actually going to be there. Thanks to Glenda's Historic Places Trust membership (mine has expired but I still have the card which looks OK if not peered at too closely) we both got in to the actual National Trust building where there is an interactive museum. You also get handed a PDA which is hooked into GPS so that you can walk about Drumossie Moor and get told what happened where. There is also audio re-enactments from letter written by various people. It was very interesting and well done BUT I have to say that I would not have paid £40 for the experience. That is more or less $120/person!!!!!!

Glenda's membership and my expired card quickly flashed also got us into quite a few other things for nix. Remember all who venture over here join the NZ Historic Places Trust and the YHA - it will save you heaps of dosh.

From Culloden via a Tesco's in nairn we headed to Morven B&B in Dufftown to meet our hosts Glo and Rene Ramon. We were welcomed at the door by a very hearty 'Kia Ora' which was a surprise, but a very welcome one.

We dropped off our bags and headed off to Keith to suss out the music situation.

And that is where I am going to leave you for now, before my time on the computer runs out.

Will update tomorrow, which will be my last full day in Scotland. Only two more sleeps to go before head back. From what I have been told, I am heading into a hell of a lot of snow. :(