Showing posts with label Scotland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scotland. Show all posts
Monday, July 31, 2017

The Bonnie Prince and Flora MacDonald

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We ended the sightseeing portion of our vacation at the Culloden Battlefield near Inverness. That’s where Bonnie Prince Charlie suffered...
Monday, July 24, 2017

Hospitality on Skye

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As noted in the last two blog posts, Dr. Samuel Johnson and James Boswell often found poor food and accommodations on their travels arou...
Monday, July 17, 2017

Over the Sea to Skye

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  Donald, Roland, and I shared another experience with Dr. Samuel Johnson and James Boswell when we spent the night at Glenelg on the w...
Monday, July 10, 2017

Dr. Samuel Johnson's Tour of the Hebrides

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In 1773 Dr. Samuel Johnson decided to take a research tour of the Highlands and the Inner Hebrides. He was accompanied by James Boswell,...
Monday, July 3, 2017

Sir Walter Scott: Friend or Foe?

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The lighthouse museum at Hynish includes a short biography of Sir Walter Scott. As a Commissioner of Northern Lights, Scott had visited ...
Monday, June 26, 2017

Robert Lewis Stevenson: Breaking with Tradition

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The photo shows the signal tower at Hynish on the Isle of Tiree. In the 1800s, it was the only way to communicate with the keepers at th...
Monday, June 19, 2017

Reading Fuels Imagination

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Roland and I just returned from a literary vacation to Scotland. Well, it wasn’t really a literary vacation, but it did have some litera...