Experiencing Scotland's Outdoors
The Hermitage in Dunkeld and the Crannog on Loch Tay in Kenmore
LaShon:
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We begin our morning at the Crannog Centre. This is an amazing recreation of dwellings built over the loch in 500 B.C. - the end of the Bronze Age to the beginning of the Iron Age. We see how the people used simple machines to turn wood and spin wool. It was a rainy morning so the Centre volunteers took bets on whether our young intern could start a fire. He did!
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Now it's time for a nature walk at The Hermitage. Liz names all the plants and trees for us. She tells us how they were used in medicines, etc. Our walk ends at Ossian's Hall. This lovely replica of a hermitage has a lever to open a secret door. Once a sliding door opens you see how the Hall is built beside a beautiful waterfall. We enjoy the view for a while before an impromptu picnic on a bridge. Liz never allows us get too hungry!
Emily's Highlights:
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At the Crannog it was so interesting to learn about not just how people lived so long ago but also how modern researchers have discovered all this information so many years later
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Liz's knowledge is seriously endless - she can name every plant and has a story about everything
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This was by far our most wet and soggy day, but coming from Seattle I knew I could handle it! We still had fun and by the late afternoon the day had turned beautiful
Clockwise from top left: the Crannog; a researcher demonstrating skills needed in those times; the interior of the Crannog
Pictured: views from the Hermitage and the site of our picnic