The Fyrish Monument is a monument built in 1782 on Fyrish Hill (Cnoc Fhaoighris), in Fyrish near Alness, Easter Ross, Scotland, on the orders of Sir Hector Munro, 8th of Novar, a native lord of the area who had served in India as a general. As the local population were being cleared off their land, […]

      After that full-on Scottish breakfast in the last post I needed to get some non-city air and stretch my legs in the Highlands.  There is a 2-3 mile circular walk that includes fields, woods and a stretch along the river so off I went.  A detour from the main path was indicted […]

Not so final as I fully enjoyed my visit and left lots of things unseen. I found a nice flea market like groups of shops situated between streets on the ground floor of some old buildings, The Grainger Market in the middle of the city. Wide variety, low, prices and fresh produce, meat and baked […]

With a chance to rest up in the Highlands and good Wifi, I’ve been able to catch up a wee bit on my posts. FYI.  Dates generally reflect the days of the events not the day of posting St Mary’s dates from 1844 with Cardinal Hume in a park at the rear. I don’t know […]