Scotland - Highland cows and haggis

We stayed with Kate and Josh (James’ uni friends) in Edinburgh. The day we arrived, it was absolutely freezing! I don’t think I have even been more cold in my life - but I think from hereon it gets warmer thank goodness. On Sunday we had a traditional Scottish breakfast complete with haggis, black pudding and potato cakes. We both weren’t too fond of the haggis but James liked the black pudding and I (Theresa) enjoyed the potato cakes. Kate and Josh took us in to the country after stopping by at the botanical gardens in search of squirrels. We found a squirrel that was only too happy to pose for us in exchange for (probably a few too many) nuts. It was very cute and Theresa was enjoying getting close to the squirrel until it ran out of nuts and started chasing Theresa for more.

Kate drove us up into the start of the Scottish highlands where we saw vast lochs of water surrounded by snow-capped mountains. We also did a tour of Scotland’s smallest distillery. The whiskey is single malt and handmade. Tasted nice, but a little expensive. There was one bottle going for 650 pounds! The highlight though was probably seeing the highland cows (pronounced ‘coos’), which were very cute!

We could spend more time in Scotland, if only it wasn’t sooo cold! But that being said, it’s nought that can’t be fixed with a nice hot toddy, which is easily made with a bit of whisky, hot water, sugar, ginger and nutmeg. Very warming and it doesn’t taste too bad either!