Travelogue: Day 5

May 19, 1999.Reading time 14 minutes.

The stunning Tweed Valley today, with rolling hills, farming towns and lots and lots of sheep

Craigmillar

May 18, 1999.Reading time 5 minutes.

Only a few miles from Edinburgh, this very large ruin was built in the 14th century

Lothian Coast

May 18, 1999.Reading time 1 minute.

Coastal defences — huge concrete blocks — line the beaches here

Travelogue: Day 4

May 18, 1999.Reading time 18 minutes.

More of the Lothians — castles, beautiful coastlines, and a few mistakes trying to escape from the Mall of Doom

Dirleton

May 18, 1999.Reading time 9 minutes.

My second favorite castle, a crumbling ruin of yellowish stone, dating from the 13th century

Crichton

May 17, 1999.Reading time 4 minutes.

An interesting ruined castles on the River Tyne, with very odd decorations in the great hall and a very interesting history including Mary, Queen of Scots

Nunraw Abbey

May 17, 1999.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A working Trappist monastery only a few miles outside of Edinburgh.

Hailes

May 17, 1999.Reading time 5 minutes.

A large ruined 13th – 16th century castle on the banks of the River Tyne

Roads in Scotland

May 17, 1999.Reading time 1 minute.

We thought that we were getting pretty good at driving in Scotland — we were staying on the left, handling roudabouts, dealing with passing places.. and then we found this one. On the map, this road is perfectly straight (you know, a lot of roads are perfectly straight on the map…). First, we started out […]

White

May 17, 1999.Reading time 2 minutes.

A millennia-old hill fort near Nunraw Abbey — really just an oddly shaped hill with some archaeological remains