These photographs were taken on Heather and my trip to Scotland in October, 2015. Click on a photograph to see a larger version. The images are in chronological order.
All photographs are copyright by David William Manthey.
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| Edinburgh castle from a distance with the base of a statue framing it | The Scott Monument from a distance | Heather at the base of a stairway | A row of houses with stairways to their second floors | Statue of a knight near the entrance to Edinburgh Castle |
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| Mons Meg, a huge barrel-staved canon | Three stone cannon balls for Mons Meg | Arthur's Seat seen from the castle | An arch connecting two buildings | Ceiling of the great hall. Impressive wooden beams and paintwork |
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| Eavesdropping hole in the wall | A church spire seen behind a row of houses | Heather in front of the Greyfriars Bobby statue | Greyfriars cemetery and kirk | A tree in Greyfriars cemetery |
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| Interesting arched central spire of St. Giles Cathedral | Stormtroopers in kilts | Arched ceiling in St. Giles with bare stonework | Arched ceiling in St. Giles with painted area | Roses at the junctions of an arched ceiling |
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| Wrought iron thistles on a chapel screen | Thistle rosettes on an arched ceiling | Angel playing bagpipes | Wider angle view of the thistle chapel | Carving of an elephant |
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| A curious clock sticking out from a building | The ruins of Holyroodhouse Abbey | An aisle and vaulting in the ruined abbey | A turret on the side of the palace | Flying buttresses along the ruined abbey and notches for the roofs of the side chapels |
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| A crown-shaped decoration on top of Holyroodhouse palace | Heather at the top of some stairs with the Nelson Monument in the background | The astronomers' house on Calton Hill | The National Memorial, a weird half-finished columned structure | Victorian actors |
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| The Old Royal High School, an abandoned building | Edinburgh Castle from below | The Forth Railway Bridge | The Forth Railway Bridge | The Forth Railway Bridge |
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| The ruins on the island beneath the bridge | The ruins on the island beneath the bridge | South Queensferry | A decorative metal fence with the Forth Bridge behind it | The Forth Railway Bridge |
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| Heather and myself with the Forth Bridge in the background | The outside of Rosslyn Chapel with an open side door | A carved water spout | An arched door with fancy hinges | Buttresses along the side of the chapel |
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| Sheep speckles in fields | Sheep speckles in fields | Melrose Abbey | A grand arched window | Inside a spiral staircase |
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| A bell tower with worn steps | Trees and the churchyard cemetery | The ruins from the cloister side | Pig playing bagpipes gargoyle | A view very near Scott's View of a fine valley and distant hills |
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| Heather and myself at Scott's View | A ruined rose window at Dryburgh Abbey | Heather at the top of the stairs | A ruined wall against the sky | A strange obelisk with a recessed figure |
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| A strange obelisk with a recessed figure | Myself at the top of the stairwell from a distance | Jedburgh Abbey | An ornate doorway | An ornate doorway |
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| Arches and ruins | Looking up through the main tower | Looking along the length of the inside of the abbey | Heather smiling | The interior of the abbey |
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| Pleasant carved capitals | The main mass of the ruins of Kelso Abbey | A new vaulted ceiling | Smailholm Tower | A black slug |
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| Smailholm Tower | Trigony House Hotel | Caerlaverock Castle | The moat around Caerlaverock Castle | Looking up one of the gatehouse towers |
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| The courtyard buildings | Looking up a round tower | Caerlaverock Castle from outside | Caerlaverock Castle from outside | Culzean Castle |
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| Tropical plants in the garden | Decorative arms -- swords, pistols arranged very carefully | An oval staircase with columns | An ornate ceiling | Lots of copper pots in the kitchen |
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| An indoor camp kitchen | The castle wall and a hillside across the bay | A decorative greenhouse with Heather in front; much smaller than the map suggested | Lazy swans in an island in the swan pond | A distant railway viaduct |
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| A tenement house in Glasgow at night | An impressive municipal building in Glasgow | Glasgow cathedral viewed from the necropolis | A red door on a tomb in the necropolis | A blue door on a tomb in the necropolis |
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| A gravestone that looks like it has a winged screw on top | A pleasant row of trees near the necropolis | A large building, possibly St. Mungo's hospital | Glasgow Cathedral | Heavy columns with arched vaults |
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| Arches | The barrel-vaulted wooden ceiling | A high wooden balcony | Carved panels in the dining room in the Burrell Collection | Carved panels |
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| Heather outside of Kelvingrove Museum | A beautiful coffered ceiling inside the museum | Loch Lomond | Cloud shadows on a hill | A waterfall on a hillside |
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| A waterfall on a hillside | A very conical mountain | Heather and myself on the Bridge of Orchy | Heather with some heather | The hotel and Bridge or Orchy with a neat hill and clouds behind it |
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| A small brook through the turf | A gate on the West Highland Way | Loch Tulla | Sunlight between mountains | The Coe Falls |
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| The Coe Falls | The Three Sisters | The view from our hotel window on Loch Leven | Flowers in the hotel garden | The Jacobite engine 62005 from the front |
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| Heather near the Jacobite engine | The drive wheels | A pretty loch | The front of the train from the window | The Glenfinnan viaduct |
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| A train snow plow at Glenfinnan Station | A loch and hillside viewed from the moving train | The front of the train | A loch near Mallaig | A dog on a picnic table |
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| Hills and lochs | Rocks in the water | A white church | A curious stand of trees on a small island (tilted) | A rocky hill |
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| The front of the train | The Glenfinnan Viaduct | The train on the Glenfinnan Viaduct | The train on the Glenfinnan Viaduct with pretty clear views | The train on the Glenfinnan Viaduct |
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| The train on the Glenfinnan Viaduct | The Glenfinnan Viaduct from the ground | Our rental car on the ferry | Hills against the water | Selfie of Heather and myself |
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| The Skaebost Hotel | Entrance to the souterrain | Inside the souterrain | Cliffs in the Trotternish area | Turfy tablelands that end in a cliff |
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| Heather hiking | Person silhouetted on a ridge | The trail to the Quiraing | Sheep | A rocky hill with grass on one side |
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| A rock-strewn hillside | The trail | Fantastic landscape below | A grassy gully | The trail back |
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| A small ridge of rock and turf | The Needle and cliffs, Heather small in the foreground | The Needle | Myself standing on a rock | A notch in the rocks |
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| Cliffs | The edge of the cliff | A small lake | Cliffs and lakes | The Table |
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| Grass covered rocks | Grassy rugged land | Looking back at the cairn. On my morning walk on the Waternish Peninsula | The ruin of a crofter's hut | The ruin of a crofter's hut with the cairn in the far distance |
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| A long view back to the cairn across the heather moor | The broch | A very square rock | The wall of the broch | The wall of the broch with the sea and a headland in the distance |
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| The remains of the passage in the broch | A stone wall, probably the remains from the 19th century | A pool in the burn | A sheep that followed me for a bit | A very sketchy bridge across a burn |
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| A fern-lined burn | A headland in the sea | The Cuillin mountains with the Sligachan River in front | Heather and myself on the Sligachan Bridge | Eilean Donan Castle at low tide |
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| Heather and a stone stairway | The stone bridge to the castle | Heather and I in a stone alcove | Eilean Donan Castle from the north | Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness |
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| A partitioned hillside. Not only the fields, but the trees are partitioned | A tree on Loch Ness | A little bird | Benches and ruins | The corner of a tower |
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| Yellow flowers in the hotel gardens | Speckled flowers | A curious flowering plant | The hotel seen through the garden wall | Poppy that is an unusual color |
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| Plant with 'hairy' stems and flower parts | A cascade of flowers | Purple berries in red flowers | Spotted flowers | Hairy cows behind a fence near Rothiemurchus |
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| The funicular track | The other funicular in the fog | The side of Dunkeld Cathedral | Arches and blue sky | Heather on a bench near the River Tay |
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| Heather and myself taken with a wide angle lens at arms reach | Bridge over the River Tay | Bridge over the River Tay |