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Article #341: New Jersey Mom Happy to Report a Tale of an Exciting Trip to Scotland

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Hi, my name is Linda Shute from New Loch Ness has many moods from the sultry
Jersey and I'd like to tell you about to the serene. Strange currents move
my exciting trip to Scotland and "The across and below the surface and even
Highlands". My hunger to travel to far sturgeon have been known to swim across
away places has not diminished as I have the loch.
grow older I still enjoy far away places The waters are so black from the depth
and like to meet the folks who live and pitch it's hard find anything even on
there. Being an avid horse enthusiast, sonar, so who knows what people have seen
and riding since childhood, I like to or not seen. You have to make up your
combine these two pleasures whenever I own mind whether Nessie swims freely
can. through those dark waters or not.
One day while browsing my new travel Next it was onward to Aberdeen to return
catalogue from Equitours, (they offer the car and go to the stables for my
worldwide riding holidays), I found a horseback part of the trip which was
trip to Scotland that I just couldn't stationed out of a small town called
pass up. I phoned them and booked the Tomintoul in the Highlands.
horseback trip and extended the trip to I stayed at the same hotel for the week
include a week of traveling via rental and the horseback tours headed out in a
car and stay at Bed-and-Breakfast homes. different direction each day and lasted
This would ensure I would get off the about 5 to 6 hours. I found Tomintoul
beaten path to meet the local people and to be a sleepy little town with not much
just maybe get a glimpse of the Loch Ness action you could say they rolled up the
Monster. sidewalks at dusk.
Unlike the trip I took to Ireland, first On this trip there were three other
I did the horseback trip and then riders from England and one other lady
traveled on my own in a rental car. from the US.
This time I drove around first, then did For the week we were all suppose to ride
the horseback trip. the Highland ponies. This I did not
Off to the travel agent I went with like at all. I found them to be slow
checkbook in hand. I paid for the and pokey with not much get up a go
airline tickets and booked the rental car spirit.
and picked up the Bed-and-Breakfast At the end of the day my legs were so
information. I flew into Glasgow, rented tired from the constant urging on of this
a car and headed east towards Edinburgh. animal I was miserable. I complained so
After getting lost and found several much they finally let me go out into the
times in this city, I finally found my pasture and pick another mount.
destination castle. I chose a high-spirited half Arabian mare
I took a tour of Edinburgh Castle. This for the rest of the week and I was very
was a breath-taking experience in two happy with her.
ways: the shear beauty of the place and One of our day trips was to the Glenlivet
It was a huge, very steep hill, I had to Distillery where we tied our mounts to
walk up to get to the castle. the fence and wet inside for the tour and
Once at the entrance, I asked the guard taste test.
who was the big bronze statue of and he I'm not usually much of a straight
replied "William Wallace, he is similar whiskey drinker but on this day I made an
to your George Washington in the exception. Needless to say the ride
Americans fight for freedom". home was very interesting. Most days
After the tour of the castle and a peek where spent on trails through the hills
at the crown jewels it was a much easier and crossing streams or forest.
trek downhill to the car. The Heather was not in bloom when I was
I headed northwest towards Stirling then there and this was a bit disappointing, I
on to Fort William and Loch Ness. I could see that the hillsides would be
spent a day and a night in Fort William blazing with color just a few weeks after
browsing old museums, enjoying a lovely my departure. On our last day in
dinner, complete with local folk Tomintoul were taken to a nearby town and
musicians and dancers. to watch the one and only Highland Games
In the morning I was off to Loch Ness and I have ever seen.
in search of the mystery monster. They started out with a parade of horse
Loch Ness is a really huge lake 22 miles drawn carriages, bagpipers and all the
long with waters as black as pitch, in competitors walking behind them all were
its deepest parts it's said to be about dressed in Kilts.
700 feet. They had dancing, log throwing, tossing
I learned that the legend of 'Nessie' the the caber, tug of war, and other contest
monster dates back to 565 AD. I visited I have know idea what the name of it
the Loch Ness museum and found some very would be it was not like anything I had
interesting information. Sonar surveys ever seen before. Everything was more of
of the loch using the latest equipment a Medieval type atmosphere.
have failed to find any conclusive At last much to my dismay, my vacation
evidence of Nessie existence, but neither has come to an end and I must return to
have they proved that she doesn't exist. New Jersey.






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