Saturday in Glasgow

It was windy on the crossing to Glasgow last night, but once we got close to the harbor the winds died to about 6 knots.
Joe Mooch had arranged a tour with Gordon Ross for the Highlands and Rob Roy country. Anyone wanting a good guide in Scotland should contact Mr. Ross. He is the best we have had in a long time, very knowledgeable and funny.
We left Glasgow and headed for Loc Lomond. We stopped at a quaint little village on the Loc. It had some of the prettiest flower gardens and flower boxes you would want to see. In the Highlands you see a lot of sheep and cattle. The sheep are black faced and the cattle are the special Scottish cattle with the beards and long hair. The country side is beautiful with lots of trees, green grass and spectacular rock formations. Rob Roy McGregor ruled this country side, not by law, but by force. He was judged an outlaw and so was his kin, but he really was trying to get back at the Lord of Montrose for cheating him out of his land and cattle.
We visited Stirling Castle, which has the largest surviving Banquet hall and the Chapel Royal where Mary Queen of Scots was crowned as a girl of 9 months. We also visited Doune Castle, where we purchased an Explorer Pass to enter all the historic venues. Doune is just a shell, but very impressive. We passed other ruins but did not stop.
The Highlands are very interesting and the stories Gordon told were fascinating. Especially the Fairies of the Highlands. They believed that fairies stole children and replaced them with children with infirmaries. They build their houses with a stone sticking out near the roof line for the witches to rest on. This country was very superstitious and I am not sure that they are not still that way.
We ran from 8:15 until 6:15 and when we got back to the ship we were too tired to go eat, so we just had room service, and a hot bath.