Scotland was a different kind of trip for NMBS - the usual 20th Century Battlefields were replaced with the Battlefields of the Anglo-Scottish wars. The main aim was Culloden - the last battle to be fought on British Soil. A little gem and a bonus was the battlefield of Killiecrankie - and we located the battlefield ! We may brag but a few years later the BBC TV series "Two Men in a Trench" used all kinds of gimmicks and found it ! We found it with an OS map, and a good description of the battlefield.
We also found on our trails other great sites like the Neolithic Clava Cairns (near Culloden) The Ruthern Barracks (part of the General Wade 'push') and many Wade roads and bridges. Rob Roys Grave (yes he is not a Hollywood film). And the Infamous "Sma' Glen". Other sites in the area are Blair Castle and Blair Atholl, and the breath taking "Queens View" just outside Pitlochry.
Dissapointment loomed with Bannockburn and Stirling being closed for the winter - but we found solace in the fact that this area of Scotland, where we made our base was home to the Moulin Inn and Micro Brewery - and just up the road two of the finest distilleries in Scotland Edradour (the Smallest in Scotland) and Dalwhinnie (the Highest and Coldest).
The trip was not without incident. Both Steve and Andy's car door took a bit of a bash and now nearly 5 years later Steve still has the title of "Only NMBS Member to be hospitalised"
