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    2. Andrew Crawford
    3. I woke up alive here in GA. And its a beautiful day. My son thought maybe you would like to follow along on a map so heres the towns to follow along with me. The castle that we had to walk down and struggle up the mountain was DUNNOTTAR. London, Salisbury (stopped),Stonehenge/Woodhenge/Strawhenge/Old Sarum(Side Trip),Bath,Bristol, Tewkesbury (Stopped), Birmingham,Wolverhampton,Stoke-On- Trent,Manchester,Grenta Green,Ecclefechan(Stopped) Lockerbie,Edinburgh,Perth,Dundee(Stopped,Carnoustie, Arbroath, Montrose,(Dunnottar Castle)nearStonehaven,. Aberdeen(Stopped). >From Perth all of the way to Aberdeen was breathtaking. We went by the North Sea Route and along the way were rolling hills and stone fences. You see Scotland was volcanic 300Million years ago. The only way to clear their fields was to make stone fences about 3ft high. The fields were either full of sheep that were just sheered, or cattle,or fields of grain waving in the slight wind. The weather was still with us bright, clear and clean. On the right side of the car you would see the North Sea crystal blue tinted with green ,and the stark blue sky above. No planes and some ships on the horizon. Huge tankers of oil. I found that so sad . The oil has taken some of Scotland astray. On the right side of the car near the Sea were dotted with small villages. Much as the were 2,3,4 hundred years age. The Church in many villages were in the middle of the villages. All homes were made of stone and many used to be (but and bens)(sp) That means two rooms with a bed built into the wall of the kitchen and maybe a bed in the living room. Rooms about 7x7. Now most have been redone. The old cottages had thatched roofs. And some had a redish tile for the roof. and some now have regular roofs. The seemed to be a time worp. They were and are fisherpeople. You can see the fisher nets drying in the sun and weathered men with little round hats with a small brim walking. Most of these are older Scots. You see this beauty all up the coast. On the left side of the car were dotted huge stone homes behind very large trees. And the stone fences allaround the fields with patches of forest on the hillside. Very deep green and dark. Almost like the warriors were hiden there. We finally got to Aberdeen. Now thats another story. See you shortly my grandbaby just came to see me.

    08/27/1999 07:59:28