Leaving Edinburgh with this view in the rear.
After a long day of touring Edinburgh, we drove north and west to a small town called Comrie, where Alan had arranged lodging for us in a very old farmhouse. We walked a bit on the shore of Loch Earn, where this metal statue was standing just off shore. Harris found another geocache here.
Another geocache was up on a hill by an old railroad bridge.
As we walked the next morning, we passed this old stone house...the family lived in 2 rooms farthest away, and the animals in the nearest third of the structure.
There were many awesome views as we walked the three mile loop.
Wildflowers in the woods along our walk.
Harris thought these were the highland cows, known as "hairy coos" but they weren't. We saw the real thing later, and they were much shaggier and had big horns!
In a tiny town called Balquhidder was Rob Roy's grave...maybe. The plaque along side said this was one of 3 possible sites of his burial. Rob Roy was a famous Scottish folk hero and outlaw of the early 18th century, who is sometimes known as the Scottish Robin Hood.
The house we stayed in for 2 nights.
On the shores of Loch Katrine. We started our walk in the pouring rain, but it soon cleared up.
We didn't have time to wait for the steam boat that takes people around the loch, but watched it from the shore.
Inside the Church of the Holy Rude, founded in 1129. It was destroyed in a fire in 1405, and rebuilt in 1414. The oak timbered roof is original to the reconstruction in 1414.
We didn't go into Stirling Castle, but took this shot overlooking the kirk yard.
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