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**Derek Conley** · 11th August 12, 07:28 AM

Love the pics! I plan on being in Edinburgh sometime soon for 2 weeks to a month, so I'm pretty psyched!

**Dani Mac** · 11th August 12, 07:40 AM

Thanks for the pics. I'm planning my first trip to Scotland--still a year off--and I'm starting a list of "must see" places.

**KiltedDixon** · 11th August 12, 12:25 PM

The Pics are great. I like your attire as well.

**Baldybrown** · 11th August 12, 01:55 PM

This is some of the architectural detail from the back of Dunrobin Castle.

The ruins of a black house dating from the clearances.

Ceramic replicas of the Lewis Chessmen. (I brought a set of the resin ones home)

And last, a reproduction of the Norse Mill and Kiln. There were several hundred of these in Scotland over the long years past.

There will be a gathering of the clans at Stirling Castle in 2014. I started planning for it yesterday! Wouldn't it be something if we had a couple hundred xmarkers in our blue tartans. Steve would have to wear the the feathers in his cap.

**tulloch** · 11th August 12, 02:54 PM

Those are wonderful photos. Thank you for posting them.

**Standard** · 11th August 12, 04:41 PM

Great photos, it makes me long to get to the homeland even more.

**cessna152towser** · 12th August 12, 01:56 AM

Super pics. I love to see my homeland through the eyes of visitors.
Brings back happy memories of visiting Skara Brae and Dunrobin Castle.
You even reached parts of Scotland which I have not yet reached - the islands of Lewis and Harris I have only seen from the air when flying to or from North America!!
Please keep the photos coming.

**nloken** · 13th August 12, 09:09 AM

Great pictures - please keep them coming!

Originally Posted by Baldybrown

(They also liked my Montana Walking Stick made from a bison's willy!)

Really?? You have got to tell me more about this very curious walking stick! It looks absolutely stunning, but I can't quite get my head around how the material would work.. Do you have to insert a Viagra into it every now and again?

**Baldybrown** · 13th August 12, 11:36 AM

(They also liked my Montana Walking Stick made from a bison's willy!)

Really?? You have got to tell me more about this very curious walking stick! It looks absolutely stunning, but I can't quite get my head around how the material would work.. Do you have to insert a Viagra into it every now and again?

They are made on the Crow Reservation just outside of Billings, Montana, by inserting a steel rod into the raw material, stretching and twisting and clamping in place until it's dry, then varnishing. In addition to the walking stick, they make a wonderful looking putter. I'd take bets that my stick was the only one of it's kind in the UK.

**unixken** · 13th August 12, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by Baldybrown

They are made on the Crow Reservation just outside of Billings, Montana, by inserting a steel rod into the raw material, stretching and twisting and clamping in place until it's dry, then varnishing. In addition to the walking stick, they make a wonderful looking putter. I'd take bets that my stick was the only one of it's kind in the UK.

Imagine trying to explain THAT "animal product" to a Customs inspector...