This was our first full day in Scotland. John had some home-buying business to attend to, so we hung out mainly with Donna. We took a drive to the next town over to get some shopping done, then in the afternoon we went on a hike up to the ruins of St John’s Kirk.
These first shots are what greeted us in the morning, the view from our cottage:
On the way to/from our shopping destination, we stopped to admire the Scottish countryside, and also to take a photo that I think Donna’s been itching to take for years…
These next photos are from our hike up to St John’s Kirk, a ruined church (and still maintained cemetery) dating from about 1500-1600. Our route was on a trail up through a small gorge, known locally as the “Bloody Pits” because that’s where the locals threw the bodies after defeating a Viking invasion around AD 1000. Incredible views of the landscape, the North Sea and the village below as well as the kirk.
We had dinner that night at their rental cottage, one of the last nights they would be in it.
