Into the Highlands, I visit Beatrix Potter's Garden, Dunkeld Cathedral and the Hermitage. I taste Scottish blood sausage for the first time and eat haggis for breakfast...
Beatrix Potter's Garden
Beatrix spent her childhood summers in Birnam, and some of the ideas for her characters are said to be traced back to this little town
Birnam inspired another famous writer. In 1599, the Bard visited the area as one in a troupe of comedians and, it is Birnam Wood that the three witches forsee marching and defeating Macbeth.
Dunkeld Cathedral
To travel to the Highlands, one uses the A90 road and Dunkeld is one of the towns on the way.
Before the cathedral was built in 1325, the town was home to Romans and Picts.
The cathedral was badly damaged during the Reformation, and remains mostly in ruins. The beautiful choir section serves as the church for the one thousand that live in the town.
The trees hold my heart wherever I go in Scotland. It is said, that a squirrel could cross North to South of the Island without once touching the ground. Isn't that a lovely thought?
Dunkeld Cathedral sits on the River Tay, the longest river in Scotland.
The Hermitage Pleasure Ground
The river before the Hermitage...
Overwhelmed by the view at the Hermitage, I did not take a single photograph and will have to return...
Inside Ossian's Cave built by the Dukes of Atholl in the 18th century to honour the blind bard Ossian.
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Where did I stay?
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