Scotland, 1985

Scotland

December, Christmas on the Mull of Kintyre
We validated our British Rail passes (sadly not First Class) and travelled straight up to Glasgow in Scotland which was looking very festive.  We spent one night there before being picked up by Tim Middleton.


Glasgow, George Square.


Glasgow, George Square.

We stopped in Tarbert for coffee and had a short walkabout after fish and chips lunch.


Loch Tarbert.


West Loch Tarbert.


Mull of Kintyre from Kildunzie.


Afternoon at Southend Beach.


Morning at the Middletons in Southend.


The Middletons' House.


Campbeltown Loch.


Campbeltown.


Tim with his sister, Julie, and Ann in the church yard at Southend, where Tim's father has chosen the spot where he wants to be buried.


Mull of Kintyre.


Cows in Southend, on the side of the driveway up to the Middletons' house.

After a lovely Christmas, Tim took us up to Oban, where we did a little exploration before catching the train to Glasgow.


Oban.


Oban.


McCaig's Folly in Oban.


Oban.


Oban.


Oban.


Oban.


Queen's Street Station in Glasgow.

After a night in Glasgow it was off north through the Grampians and then south to Edinburgh.


Snow in the Grampians.


Snow in the Grampians.


Snow in the Grampians.


Drumuachdar Pass.


Drumuachdar Pass.


Dalwhinnie Station.


St Mary's, Edinburgh, where they were practising the Tallis Fantasia by Vaughan Williams.


St Mary's, Edinburgh.


Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh.


Princes Street, Edinburgh.


Norwegian spruce, grown in Scotland, on The Mound, Edinburgh.


Newport Bridge over the Tay.


Dundee, on the Tay.


Newport.


Queensferry Pipers at the station in Edinburgh.


Scott Memorial in Princes Street.


Scott Memorial in Princes Street.


Edinburgh Castle.


The Mound.


The National Gallery and Castle.


Scott Memorial.


On to York and Durham

 

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