Travel Thursday - Two More Days in the Bonnie Lady

First - to all our American friends,

We wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving.

We are thankful for the internet and Blogville that has connected us to people around the world who we would not have the opportunity to get to know any other way.  Without this medium, the story I am about to tell would not have taken place. 

We hope you all have a lot of turkey! 

One of our turkeys taking a break from eating the bird seed and chillin'  in the dirt. 

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Monday brought another rather dreary Scottish day, but while this didn't stop us from having an adventure. We headed out to Auchindrain Township, the most complete example of a farm township. I can't remember the date, but the last resident left in/around the 1950s. The township has been left as it was left more or less.

The only residents now

One of the things North America could learn from Europe (in general) is that dogs are safe to go places. It would have been unheard of for a dog (except a service dog) to be allowed in such a place in Canada. But Bertie was more than welcome to explore with us.

What was really cool abut this historical site is that all the information was on an iPad, that tracked your location as you walked around and gave you the relevant information. It wasn't flawless, but we were able to learn a lot about the township this way.

Bertie and Gail exploring as the Man played with the iPad

A cottage

Some pee-mail was needed to be left. 

A ruin across township

There were plenty of chickens wandering around and I will say Bertie was very much the gentleman and didn't try and hunt them. Hailey would have taken a head or two! 

After our exploration here, we headed over to Inverary for lunch.

The Man and Lady didn't pay to go into the jail. They thought the price was very high for the time they had 

A wee stop on a cattle road on the drive back to the hutch.

The next day, Gail and Bertie said their goodbyes and headed East to home. It was another rather dreary day. The Man and Yamini decided to stay in the cozy and dry hutch. I decided to go wander around Dunoon.

While I may be an air sign, I would say water is my element and I enjoyed walking the beach.

It was chilly

I made a stop at the Dunoon Castle Museum. It reminded me very much of the small community museums in small town Canada.

Looking down

One of the true finds in Scotland for me, was the milk chocolate. I can't have any form of soy and milk chocolate in Canada (and the US) uses soy lecithin. In Scotland they used sunflower lecithin, so for the first time in over 2 years I indulged in milk chocolate. (Yes, some made it back to with me).

Here is the statue of Highland Mary (Mary Campbell). She had an affair with Robert Burns, who wrote several pieces about her. She died after nursing her brother, likely of typhus at age 23.

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Next week we will wrap up our Travel Thursday series with our last full day of vacation.