Hi everyone,
I’ve just got back from my latest adventure in the Highlands of Scotland and what an adventure it was. It’s one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever had the pleasure to sniff and even the cats and chickens were friendly. That's me in the photo looking out to Tioram.
I’ve just got back from my latest adventure in the Highlands of Scotland and what an adventure it was. It’s one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever had the pleasure to sniff and even the cats and chickens were friendly. That's me in the photo looking out to Tioram.
It’s a really long way to travel, but it’s well worth it. We stayed in the heart of ‘Monarch of the Glen’ country in a village called Kingussie. My human dad found a wonderful B&B called the ‘West Wing of Clifton’. The people that ran it were really welcoming and helpful and made our stay all the more enjoyable. They even cooked my egg every morning for me (well it is part of my special diet).
After spending so long in the back of the car, I made the most of every opportunity to have a sniff, run and swim. However, I don’t think my exuberance was appreciated by the canoeists I persued across one of the Lochs…sorry. But boy can those things travel across water; I’m definitely going to have to work on my doggy paddle.
I encountered my first chickens, ‘The girls’ would come over to the fence to cluck hello evry time I popped across the garden for a sniff. There was also a local cat who was happy to be sniffed. The local rabbits weren’t too keen on socialising and nor were the deer for that matter, but I got my biggest surprise when I saw a fish fly up out of the water.
Admittedly it rained quite a lot, but that didn’t stop us getting about and visiting really intersting places such as Glenfinnan (as seen in one of the Harry Potter movies), Eilean Donan Castle (used in one of the Highlander movis), Aviemore, Tioram and Glencoe. The scenery around Glencoe is magnificent, but as I understand it, Glen Coe is best known for what happened on the morning of 13th February 1692.
In August the previous year, King William made known his intention to pardon all the Highland clans who had taken up arms against him in the Jacobite uprising of 1689. this included the MacDonalds of Glen Coe. The pardon was only available to those prepared to take an oath of allegiance to the King by 1 January 1692.
On 31 December 169
1, Clan Chief Alastair MacDonald arrived at Inverlochy, where he discovered he should have gone to Inveraray to take his oath. Because he missed the deadline by five days, The Glen Coe MacDonalds did not appear on the list of clans who had taken the oath by the deadline.
Sir John Dalrymple, the Secretary of State for Scotland, Decided to set an example by punishing one of the clans who failed to take the oath and he set his sights on the Glen Coe MacDonalds.
On 1 February two companies of troops, commanded by Captain Robert Campbell, were billeted with the MacDonalds in Glen Coe. Written orders arrived on 12 February, to put all to the sword under seventy.
The massacre started at 5am and 38 macDonalds were killed by the troops. Many escaped into the winter mountains, but it is not known how many died from exposure.
Anyway, that’s enough of the history lesson. Keep safe and I'll write again soon.
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After spending so long in the back of the car, I made the most of every opportunity to have a sniff, run and swim. However, I don’t think my exuberance was appreciated by the canoeists I persued across one of the Lochs…sorry. But boy can those things travel across water; I’m definitely going to have to work on my doggy paddle.
I encountered my first chickens, ‘The girls’ would come over to the fence to cluck hello evry time I popped across the garden for a sniff. There was also a local cat who was happy to be sniffed. The local rabbits weren’t too keen on socialising and nor were the deer for that matter, but I got my biggest surprise when I saw a fish fly up out of the water.
Admittedly it rained quite a lot, but that didn’t stop us getting about and visiting really intersting places such as Glenfinnan (as seen in one of the Harry Potter movies), Eilean Donan Castle (used in one of the Highlander movis), Aviemore, Tioram and Glencoe. The scenery around Glencoe is magnificent, but as I understand it, Glen Coe is best known for what happened on the morning of 13th February 1692.
In August the previous year, King William made known his intention to pardon all the Highland clans who had taken up arms against him in the Jacobite uprising of 1689. this included the MacDonalds of Glen Coe. The pardon was only available to those prepared to take an oath of allegiance to the King by 1 January 1692.
On 31 December 169
1, Clan Chief Alastair MacDonald arrived at Inverlochy, where he discovered he should have gone to Inveraray to take his oath. Because he missed the deadline by five days, The Glen Coe MacDonalds did not appear on the list of clans who had taken the oath by the deadline.Sir John Dalrymple, the Secretary of State for Scotland, Decided to set an example by punishing one of the clans who failed to take the oath and he set his sights on the Glen Coe MacDonalds.
On 1 February two companies of troops, commanded by Captain Robert Campbell, were billeted with the MacDonalds in Glen Coe. Written orders arrived on 12 February, to put all to the sword under seventy.
The massacre started at 5am and 38 macDonalds were killed by the troops. Many escaped into the winter mountains, but it is not known how many died from exposure.
Anyway, that’s enough of the history lesson. Keep safe and I'll write again soon.
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