My last post on the Scottish Retreat 2018: Below is Auchinleck House, Ayrshire, Scotland, the beautiful country house that was the home of James Boswell, biographer of Samuel Johnson. The house was in great disrepair 20 plus years ago but was restored and remodeled. The owners rent the house now to families and groups. Number…
From the western side of Scotland, we took a ferry to the Isle of Arran to check out life on a Scottish isle. We traveled about an hour or so from our base, Auchinleck House, located just southwest of Glasgow, to Ardrossan, where we caught the ferry. To emphasize how small the world is, when…
Well, yes, we did make it to Glasgow via ScotRail. And we enjoyed trekking around this beautiful city. The tour bus system also happened to have a pick-up spot close by to our very nice hotel, the Carlton George. This particular hotel was really one of the better hotels I have stayed in without being…
About a 20-minute bus ride from Blair Atholl is the town of Pitlochry. We decided to spend a half day in Pitlochry looking around, shopping, and having lunch. We purchased tickets for about £3 to get to Pitlochry from Blair Atholl and back. Also, we had to keep up with the time as the bus only…
We took an exciting and beautiful Land Rover Safari Tour to see the grounds of Blair Castle up closely and personally! Our wonderful ghillie picked us up at our hotel and ventured back to the castle and the grounds. Following are some of the pictures taken from the Land Rover, as well as a few…
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