104 jaunt today. Started off misty. We had a few sunny periods, enough to require sunscreen, and threatening rain towards the end of the day.Here's a misty morning scene.
And some of the locals - they looked to be a different breed than the classic sheep.
I bleeted at them, but they didn't reply. Must be Gaelic sheep ?
We basically crossed Scotland today - Kilmarnock near the west side and Edinburgh on the east side. We had to traverse 2 'lofty' hills of about 300 & 250 meters high. Not like crossing the Rockies, but still a bit of a grunt.
Not sure what this was. We saw these hills on the east side after the hills. Guessing they might be man made and might be old coal slag heaps.
There was coal mining in this area, from maps I looked up.
My other fun picture - a cow controlled stoplight (sorry about the poor quality of the photo). Well, Bossy doesn't actually throw the switch, but according to a sign just up the road, when the light is on there will be cows crossing.
We rolled into Edinburgh and found the hotel (I made one navigation error for a 10 minute delay), got our stuff put away. Our hotel is right downtown on the Grassmarket Square. Nice place - the rooms are smaller than last night but very nice. Right outside the hotel we get this view of the castle.
Wandering about, here's a couple more shots nearby:
The square itself
One of the streets nearby. Note above the painted buildings - there is a walkway there. You can see the railing. I'll try and find out about this tomorrow.
Not sure of the name of this one - will check again tomorrow.
That's it for tonight. Tomorrow is the Castle, strolling the Royal Mile and other sights nearby. Probably won't go far as there is too much right down here.
