A taste of Scotland

Edinburgh is a popular stop on the tourist route but, once away from the Capital City and the commercial and industrial area that stretches westwards to Glasgow, Scotland is a sparsely populated country occupying a large part of the British Isles, which includes some of the most beautiful sites and scenery, especially on its western coast.

Edinburgh Castle and its cannons

The old town of Edinburgh with the Firth of Forth in the background, as seen from the castle mound

A view over the Solway Firth from Galloway in Scotland's far South West

The countryside of Galloway has many salt water inlets as well as small fresh water lochs

Loch Ness in the Highlands - legendary home of the 'monster' and the largest body of fresh water in Britain

The Caledonian canal at its south western entrance to Loch Ness

Lily flowers growing in the gardens of Invereux, on the far north western coast where only the Gulf Stream makes it possible to grow plants far beyond their normal range

Swans over-wintering at the Wetlands & Wildfowl Trust reserve at Caerlaverock near to the English border