Scotland: It Always Rains

I really think Scotland hates us - we have been twice and both times had pretty miserable weather!  We went to Edinburgh in November in cold rain and now in July we had warm, pouring rain for Loch Lomond.  Everyone we know loves Scotland, but honestly, it has been hard to fall in love with its charm when drenched.  That said...we got a few fun photos of our trip in between pouring rain!

We drove up via Hadrian's Wall.  This was the northern-most part of the Roman empire and the wall and its various forts were intended to keep the Scots out of the empire.  As always, the soundness of the Roman's architecture is always incredible:

Alf and I walk along the wall

Life's a beach in some crazy rain on the shores of Loch Lomond:

At sunset, it cleared a bit..a desolate Loch on the North Atlantic...

The lawn of our country house hotel...

We wrapped up our trip with a visit to Inveraray Castle where they filmed a Downton Abbey Christmas Special

We tried to smile despite the rain!