6.11.19
We really didn’t want to leave our Lochside sanctuary. It had been great to have the privacy and luxury of a cottage to ourselves. We took one final pic of the loch that had kept us company for the past 5 days. It had looked different everyday!
One last look at Kenmore on our way out too.
Not many people can boast of having a cannon in their front yard!
And finally…..ahhh
We headed east towards Dundee. Our mate Jim Barrie’s mum and dad were from Dundee, and he thought of it as his spiritual home. He always wanted to go there. Finances and then illness decreed it wasn’t going to happen.
We wanted to visit for him, and for Robert. Our aim was to get Robert a Dundee United football jersey, but after scouring the shops, we discovered you could only buy them at the ground, on game days!
We had a quick look around the central part of the city. It seemed sombre and a bit run down. Interesting sculptures!
Our Loch Tay flowed into the River Tay, and we now crossed it at the River mouth, The Firth of Tay, so many miles away! Looking back to the city, a rainbow appeared. Make of that what you will, but I know what it meant to me!
Having not mentioned film or movie sets for at least 24 hours, it was time for me to give it a final crack at a nearby Outlanders location. The little village of Falkland in Fifeshire, is the location used to depict Inverness in several of the series. It was like stepping back into the 1940’s.
Having only watched Series 1, I’m sure there were a lot more things I should have taken pics of, but I was happy with seeing the main street and Mrs Baird’s B&B (which is actually a pub called The Covenanter Hotel).
Had I been totally tragic, we could have booked in and stayed in Claire and Frank’s room!
It even had a castle, of course!
But our short Scottish sojourn was coming to an end. We’d achieved what we wanted to do in discovering and exploring Glen Lyon. Glenlyon House was a bonus. So was Craigh na Dun!
The car had to be returned, and we needed to get back to our hotel in Edinburgh.
Dinner didn’t even hit the sides.
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