We have only been in the winter months before & thought that April was later there would be no snow, however we were wrong - Ben Lawers with a good coating of snow
The Kenmore Hotel (Scotland's oldest Inn)
On Monday afternoon we went for a walk in the grounds of Taymouth Castle
Back at the house the ducks were frequent visitors on the balcony
Tuesday morning & we awoke to it snowing
The ground was covered by a dusting of snow
We went for a walk in the forest behind the house
A gap in the trees looking down on Kenmore
Fungi
The Kenmore hotel reflecting in the River Tay
Kenmore bridge
More fungi
This framed plaque is where Robert Burns wrote on the wall of the Kenmore Inn in 1787
Outside and a brilliant carving, this was created by Iain Chalmers, titled "bear necessities" & won the Carve Carrbridge competition in 2010
On Wednesday we set off to Black Rock which is a viewpoint in the forest high above Kenmore
We experienced all seasons last week, some sunshine today
Looking down on Kenmore
Zooming in on where we were staying
The salmon farm
The crannog centre
On Thursday we travelled over to Aberfeldy, this is its bridge over the River Tay
The Black Watch monument at Aberfeldy
We then set off up the walk The Birks of Aberfeldy
Where Robert Burns was inspired to write
There are various waterfalls on the route
We reach the spot where Robert Burns wrote the poem "The birks of Aberfeldy"
We then climbed higher up to the Falls of Monnes
We had a lovely week marred only by the car breaking down on the M9 near Stirling, here we are getting towed off the motorway
Here's the car on the back of a transporter in Falkirk
And here it is being swapped to another one in Carlisle
We can't fault the RAC as they were very efficient in getting us back, it was the water pump that had gone & our local garage sorted it out on the Monday & she is up and running again!
