Marcy and John Beard Picture Set #14 - 7/22/2006
Scotland from Glasgow to the Orkney Islands
An old Glasgow church
Don't park illegally in Glasgow or your car might go away
Apparently this, however, is OK
Bus station clock statue
One of many cow (or COO) statues in Edinburgh
And other
John loves the coos
10 bucks to any non-Brit who can tell me what this means
Greyfriar's Bobby statue
The Falkirk wheel
The wheel in action, moving boats to the upper canal and back
And around
Done!
I married a Scotsman after all!
A Peace Pole in Stirling
Neat bench
And another
The Wallace Monument
Italians in Stirling celebrating after their World Cup victory
Falls of Shin where the salmon were leaping (impossible to get a photo of that!)
The railroad car where we stayed overnight, very cool
Some huge standing stones on the Orkney Islands
John playing Hide and Seek in the model home of Skara Brae
A 5000-year old cabinet at Skara Brae
Skara Brae, hidden under sand until an 1850 windstorm
Rocky Orkney cliffs
A maze of rocks down to the water
Man, that tide came in fast
You should have seen me inch my way on and off that thing
Cool rocks
Guillemots and gulls nesting on the cliffs
Check out the puffins!
Not your normal canyoning spot
Huge numbers of (loud) birds on these cliffs
Puffins!
More puffins!
I promise this is the last puffin photo
Westray Island cliffs
Inside the Italian chapel, built by POWs
Outside the chapel
St George and the Dragon, made with barbed wire and plaster
Confused cows try to understand the latest Scottish cross-breeding experiment