Clydesdales and Shire Horses: The next thing they could not help but see was the famous Douglas Horse Tramway clomping along. Torrin and Ginger and the other tram horses are famous on Ellen Vannin. There is a website where you can note which proud horse gets awarded Trammer of the Week. If you love horses, why not visit their heritage stables or take a look at the Home of Rest for Old Horses
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To the Isle of Bear, err, no, To The Isle of Man
The Isle of Man could fit inside Greater Perth several times over, and yet it seems larger. It’s a whole little world unto itself, with sea-side towns and ports and beaches and spectacular cliffs and forests and mountains. And, of course, it has a fascinating history.
Climb up to Edinburgh Castle with Scotty
Scotty was happy to now stand atop this castle of castles, Edinburgh Castle, and survey the city below. But first, you have to get up there. The castle is enormous and has a whole hilltop to itself, and it towers, or looms, over the city. And whenever they had seemed to finally arrive at the main fortress, there were yet more sloping courtyards with more buildings above them. Why so many buildings? Well the castle began as a stronghold against the dastardly English.
See Blair Atholl Castle with Scotty, Your Laird For Today
As the current Laird, the 12th Duke of Atholl, wasn’t home, Scotty bravely decided to take on his ducal duties temporarily. Your tour through the castle today therefore is with Scotland The Brave, your Laird Bear (acting) for today.
Loch Ness and The Cairngorms with Scotland The Brave
Scotty looked out on the magnificent view in hopes of spying Heiland Coos, Monarchs of the Glen, and sundry mythical beasties. He saw hares popping in and out of the many holes in the paddock below. He saw sheep trudging up the distant mountain in the rain. He saw the little waterfalls and rivulets up there. He saw the sheep trudging down the hillsides in the rain. But no hairy coos at all.
Speed Bonny Bus to Skye: Scotty in Scotland
Scotland The Brave speeds on his bonnie tour bus over the bridge to the Isle of Skye. Scotty sees lochs and castles and volcanic mountains and glens and lots of rain and moor heather. He also discovers a bonnie new heroine, Flora McDonald
Scotland the Brave in the Highlands Of Scotland
Welcome back to the adventures of Scotland The Brave. He has at last made it to the very country of ‘Scotland The Brave’: the land and the spirit and even the song for which this small brown stuffed little bear wearing trews was named.
Bonny Banks and Bonny Braes: Scotland the Brave at Loch Lomond
As the sun tried breaking through the clouds rainbows formed, arcing from the shore across the valleys and into the steeply rising hills. And yes, there really were soft purple hues.
Cardiff, Ludlow, and Tudor Houses, with Scotland the Brave
Welcome back to the adventures of Scotland The Brave in the UK of Great Britain. With his Guardians he looked about London, Stonehenge, Bath, and Plymouth and Devon and Cornwall. From Exeter, they headed north to Glastonbury in Somerset. Then they traveled to Cardiff which is the capital of Wales, and the most recent homeContinueContinue reading “Cardiff, Ludlow, and Tudor Houses, with Scotland the Brave”
Glastonbury Abbey with Scotland The Brave
If ever there was a place to take Selfies it is this place. A “Selfie” is a picture that says, “I was here.” This is a “Scottie” of Scotty and it says, “Scotty was here at Glastonbury.”
Mawson Bear 