A brief bit of sun on Loch Loman. Photos cannot do justice to this magnificent loch with the mountain Ben Loman towering over it. The weather was bad while we were there, so photo ops were few. It is situated in the Trossacks national forest. What we could see of the area through the rain and fog was amazing.

We visited Abbotsford, the home of Sir Walter Scott, one of Scotland's most famous classical writers. He wrote Rob Roy, for one. The grounds ran down to the Twead river and encompassed about 50 acres. Beautiful!

The burial place at the Dryburgh Abbey of Sir Walter Scott.

In the county of Borders, are found the ruins of four beautiful old Abbeys. This is of the Dyrburgh Abbey.

We spent the night here at the Dryburgh Abbey Hotel. It was an old Baronial Estate in its day.

We feel like we are in Oregon as the spring fern is unfurling and the bluebells are appearing everywhere. There are whole hillsides covered with them. This was taken in the woods near the castle Dunstaffnage in Oban, on the West coast.

This time of year, the hills are covered with gorse or "whin", a very spiney bush covered in yellow blossoms. We are told it stays throughout the summer when the heather then adds another demension of color - mauve.