Half Way at Finhorn in Bonnie Scotland

We are half way on the Scottish leg of our pilgrimage. We have been staying in B&Bs, which unfortunately do not have internet access.

Bev and I are travelling with our good friends Clem and Jane, and we are staying with their friends, Angus and Ann in Findhorn. Today we drive west to Oban in Scotland where we will leave the car, and then bus, ferry and bus to Iona where we will stay for three nights.

So far we have visited the parish church of Dame Julian and visited her cell, in Norwich, then we stayed overnight at Durham and visited the catedral and the castle. Durham cathedral has the tomb of The Venerable Bede - the first church historian and the remains of St. Cuthbert.

Next we travelled to the Holy Island at Lindisfarne where we stayed overnight. We attended evening prayer and then morning eucharist in the parish church. Lindisfarn is an important site for early christianity in England - it is where the Lindisfarne Gosopels were writtten, the originals are in the British Museum (they date to the 7th Century).

We walked to the Castle before leaving for Crail, Scotland our next overnight stop. Crail is a small fishing village in nth Scotland, about 2 hrs from St. Andrews - know for its famous university and golf.

Clem and I visited the British museum of Golf while Jane and spent some time is Starbucks meditating.

We continued the drive north and visited the bendictine monastery at Pluscarden. It was a brief stop - I was here 12 years ago for a week's retreat.

We then drove on Findhorn - we arrived on Friday. On Friday I became ill and spent all Saturday in Bed. I have fever and sweats - I feel better today but not completely well.

Lost Blogs and Photos
I have copies of all the photos I have taken and used in blogs, and most of the blog texts as well. When I return to Atlanta I will attempt to re-post my old blogs.