Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Scootland revisited....

So after a fairly successful visit to London last week and with the smile still on our face we headed North to Scotland to visit our friends JP and Elaine who manage a shooting estate in the Scottish Borders, 30 mins South of Edinburgh.




The estate is 9000 acres of border country and if it had not been for the heather and the green grass it would have reminded me of the Molesworth or the Nevis. Great country!




This is the "lunch hut" in the middle of the estate where the shooters gather for their "4 course" lunch. No electricity, but very refined just the same for the middle of nowhere!




We tripped around and visited a couple of castles (as you do in Scotland).








Didn't stop for dinner, but very tempted.



This old home in Edinburgh http://www.prestonfield.com is now a hotel, restaurant and function centre. Tres smart!









And the local livestock didn't mind putting on a show for us!



Temperatures were a bit on the cool side for June, especially after Switzerland, but we managed to survive on the odd dram and tipple of vino, JP is French after all!