It has been four months since our trip to the Scottish Highlands. If I do not take the time to journal this, the bits of information will be forgotten….
Inverness is the hub for visiting all the sights and sites in the Scottish Highlands. Not necessarily a tourist destination by itself, we still found the city charming with cute little stone houses and grand ones and old churches with ancient tipped, sunken headstones. Many people pooh-pooh Inverness, but I thought it was wonderful. The hubby and I would have an early breakfast and walk the residential neighborhoods (the photo above right captures one of the homes along our walk).
Especially loved the old used book store, Leakey’s, in Inverness. Using an old converted church, the shop is stocked from floor to ceiling with used books and antique prints. Peeking in between the bookshelves are stained glass windows with the streaming light filled with dust from the old paper. And of all things, a large wood burning stove to take the chill off sits right smack in the middle (chilly seems to be a year-around thing for Scotland).
[Photo of Leakey’s from Pinterest, photographer unknown. Too busy looking at books and prints to fiddle with the camera! The photos above I actually took/obviously.]
We have a friend (Hi, Tom), who loves to read every day and loves to collect hard back books. Tom and Kate’s living room has bookshelves also from floor to very a high ceiling filled with books (but they don’t live in a church/smile). I believe Leakey’s should be one of their bucket list places to see. It was on my list! I walked away with a small print of two kilted Scotsmen fishing in a loch (circa late 1800s). It is now framed and hanging proudly in our living room.
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