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Web Design SoftwareToday we did a scenic drive along the coast which passes a nature reserve, two photogenic lighthouses, a great many white churches, a couple of museums, a monument to Culloden and a distillery.
We saw a sea eagle a long way off in the nature reserve, learnt more than we probably will ever need to know about lobster and tuna fishing in the museums and then stopped in a place called Knoydart which, much to our surprise, has a monument to three men who fought at the battle of Culloden.
Those of you who were not asleep during your history lessons at school will know that the English thrashed the Scots in 1746 in the battle of Culloden. It seems that three old soldiers emigrated to Nova Scotia in 1791 by which time they would have been in their late 60's.
Their involvement on the wrong side of this defeat seems to have made them heroes in “New Scotland” such that in 1938, almost 200 years after the battle, a monument to them was put up, we have no idea why and the notice board did not enlighten us.
Most of the towns and villages in Nova Scotia, are named after places in Scotland, apart from Knoydart we visited Lanark and Arisaig today and not far away is New Glasgow although the capital is named Halifax, perhaps there were a few Yorkshiremen amongst the first immigrants.
The picture shows Arisaig lighthouse, it looks great, sells ice cream but is completely fake, the original lighthouse burnt down and this is a modern replica.
I didn't take a picture of the distillery, the owners have German ancestry which was another surprise, German whisky in New Scotland?
The banner at the top of the page is made up of signs in the nature reserve, the one below is a bird, no idea what.
Tomorrow we head north onto Cape Breton island.
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