You don’t go to Scotland for the weather

This is a quick post, since I’m running errands in preparation for the next leg of travel, but I wanted to post a few pictures of my day-long bus trip to the central highlands of Scotland. Although this wasn’t the original reason for the day trip, it actually made for a perfect activity while I was recovering from a nasty cold. The weather was appropriately atmospheric, and the scenery was beautiful.

This is Hamish. He gets pictures taken of him all day long, and was expert at posing:


This is Doune Castle, where part of Monty Python and the Holy Grail was filmed. The picture is partially obscured by the rain that was falling on the lens:


The Falls of Dochart are especially lovely in wet weather:


The rowan berry has protective properties, according to Celtic legend:


And this is Dougie, who guided the day trip, and accompanied the lovely scenery with any number of colorful, grim tales, most of which ended with the abrupt death of the main character: