Western Scottish Highlands near Gloscow

Beautiful green hills. We passed lots of sheep and rolling green hills and many, many lakes and streams. Some were salt water and some were fresh water. In this part of Scotland timber is a huge industry. They plant trees to be harvested 40 years later. They continually rotate sections of land so there are always areas to be forested.





We visited Inveraray Castle which was more like an estate. Downton Abby was filmed here for their Christmas special. The Duke of Argyll and his family still live there but live in many different homes throughout the year.


This is a little village near the castle.


Very beautiful mountains at 3000 feet, the highest in western Scotland. This is the place called "Rest and be thankful"


This is on Loch Lomond at a village called Luss. "You take the high road and I'll take the low road and you'll be in Scotland before me. For me and my true love shall never meet again on the Bonny Bonny banks of Loch Lomond"


We noticed the "Wee Chippy" shop, they sell fish and chips.
The Scottish say:
Just there -instead of right there
Over take- instead of pass
We also noticed that we tend to walk to the right, just like we drive, but because they drive on the left, they walk on the left too.

Whiskey, water, and rain are all the same word in Gaelic.
Celtic languages are spoken by the Welsh, Scottish and Irish.





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