Eggbert's Travels

Friday 25^th September 2015

SHE SAID:

The rain has passed; we have blue skies this morning. There are two different trips I want to do whilst we are in the area, & I chose the shorter trip for today.

We headed to Glencoe, a scenic mountainous region & historical for another battle, between the Highlanders & the English government. No wonder the Scots want independence from the English after they massacred the Macdonalds here.

The other thing of note today is our “rescuing” of a “British Native Goat” that had been hit by a car & was left wandering on a windy stretch of road around Loch Leven. Along with a vet & her sister we managed to get the goat to a field well away from traffic. The vet was going to monitor “Lucky Leven” as I named her.

At Glencoe a very Scottish busker entertained us whilst we had morning tea

Glencoe pass, down to the town/village

A British Primitive Goat, or Wild Goat, I named Lucky Leven.
She appeared to have been hit by a car & was staggering all
over the road when we found her.

Loch Leven top & bottom

Geoff's shot of Castle Slaker....used in one of the Monty Python movies!

HE SAID:

The display at Glencoe was a little bit lacking. There was lots on the geology and mountaineering, also the plants and animals of the area, but not so much of why the place drew us there, which was the famous 1692 massacre of the MacDonalds by the English (in cahoots with the Campbells).

The excitement of the day was a goat. This wild goat was all over the road, and looked injured, but would not get off the road. Lots of cars must have passed it, including whoever injured it, but there it was, on a bend in a 60mph area, so we called the police to arrange for its removal. We had no way to tether the goat or else we could have tied it to a tree to keep it and the traffic safe. While waiting for someone official to attend a vet arrived, roused up by her sister who had seen us trying to keep goat and cars separate. With a bit of mucking around, and Varena's obtaining some rope from a nearby camper van, we tied the goat up, put it in the back of the vet's sister's car along with the vet, and took the goat to safety, and where the vet could check on it. It was a rather unusual occurrence for us.