The Battle of Auldearn 1645

Having just booked our tour party in to Covenanter in Auldearn I started thinking then about the battle way back then which the scene of one of the most closely-fought battles in the Wars of the Covenant when the marquis of Montrose’s royal army defeated the Covenanters under general Sir John Hurry. It is commemorated by a memorial that I must revisit when we are there because this is an old and long forgotten duel.

 

And of course it’s in the area of Cullod...

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Dumbarton Castle- Medieval Stronghold on PhotoPeach Its a fair climb, 557 steps i think and the last bit I am not too keen on coz I dont like heights so i will get the tea on. A must to see where Mary and some notable others spent time. bob

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Every visitor to Dublin will want to go to Trinity to see one of the World’s most precious books, the famous book of Kells. The book is taken from its case every evening for safe keeping in the vaults, and every morning it is carried back to its place and one leaf is turned over so as not to let the daylight cause any further destruction, by being exposed all at once.

What’s the value of this book, well its priceless really, so how old is it, it must be 1400 years and at this time monks ...

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Dublin university, a great place to stay, just one of the bestest places I have ever had the pleasure of frequenting, also the home of the most famous book in the world. The book of Kells, over 800 years old, first written in Iona by amazing monks, and then startlingly moving to  Ireland at Kells Monastery in County Meath. Then for safe keeping it’s off to Dublin in 1654, wow, these dates make my mind boggle at times especially from the perspective here in New Zealand. Not that NZ does not ...

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You know I do miss the Highlands, the feeling of open space and standing on those mist-shrouded mountains looking down on some the most beautiful lochs in the world, just breath-taking.

But these same areas have seen the hardest of winters, also some of the bloodiest battles ever fought. I have stood on these hills, many of them” Munroe’s” (hills and mountains over 3000`), and wondered what our ancestors must have been doing. I never stood on the edge of a cliff though for I have fear ...

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