Crannog Centre is excellent, Mike, and the Culloden visitor centre well
worth a visit.
If it's geology you are interested in, you must visit Knockan north of
Ullapool (the ferries to Stornoway sail from Ullapool), and perhaps a bit
further north to see the Moine Thrust. NW Sutherland - as you probably know
- was the site of 19th century field work which was fundamental to
understanding of geology. Field work carried out by amateurs, in the face of
entrenched opposition from the 'experts'.
I know the rock formation you speak of, in a Midlothian quarry, name in one
the top of my tongue...
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Lazzari [mailto:watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 25 March 2013 18:44
To: 1
Subject: Re: [OM] (OT) The Road Ahead
> Holiday or business?
Holiday. My wife has always wanted to go to Scotland. She's a Blair House
Blair....maybe. Could be Blair Atholl Blair. We plan to check the graveyards
there. After a couple of days in Edinburgh we're taking the train to Kenmore
and basing from a B&B somewhere. We'll see the Crannog Center and take a day
at Blair Atholl. Then on to Inverness to see the battlefield and rent a car
to go up to Orkney. From there around to Skye, Lewis, Harris. Then drop off
car...home.
Wife is already making reservations but always looking for suggestions.
I put in a request to see the rocks east of Edinburgh that were the key for
the continental drift theory. Not sure exactly where they are. Maybe for
next time.
Oh yeah. No interest in either golf or scotch.
Mike
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