Romans where all over the UK first, before they moved on for greener pastures or through battles. It was the Irish that came to Scotland in the early 500's.

We drove around the Lock Lamond, it is the longest body of water in Britain. Then up into the high land while learning about the massacre of the MacDonald clan.

The 'Massacre of Glencoe' occurred in the early morning of 13 February 1692. Thirty-eight persons of a small branch of the MacDonald clan, including two women, two children and the old chief, were murdered by a small party of soldiers from a Campbell regiment which had been quartered in their midst. The justification for the inhuman act, one of the foulest of the Jacobite period, was the failure of the chief, in confusing circumstances, to take the oath of allegiance to William of Orange by the prescribed date. It was intended as a warning to other recalcitrant chiefs but they were hardly likely to be intimidated by this kind of deed: to the Highlander perhaps the most serious crime involved was the violation of the sacred tradition of hospitality.

The 38 persons mentioned died during the massacre, out of about 150 who were there. The rest, together with some 200 people more fled into the snow-covered hills, where about 40 died of cold and starvation.

The oath of allegiance to King William, necessary for a general amnesty, had to be signed before 1 January 1692, and the MacDonalds of Glencoe had - like other Highlanders - reluctantly decided to sign. Due to bad weather and 'confusing circumstances' on his way the chief of the MacDonalds was six days late signing the oath. The Minister of Scotland, the Master of Stair, used this as an 'excuse' to set an example, helped with that by the arch-enemies of the MacDonalds, the Campbells.

This act of the black treachery, carried out on the helpless MacDonalds by members under Robert Campbell of Clan Campbell, is immortalized in a song written by J. McLean and sung by various artists, often preceded by a brief introduction. On Alastair McDonald's The Songs Of Scotland (1993), for instance, the narrator says that the Campbells were ordered

to fall upon the rebels, the MacDonalds of Glencoe, and to put all to the sword under seventy. You're to have a special care that the old fox MacIan and his sons to upon no account escape your hands. This is by the King's special command for the good and the safety of the country. See that this is put in execution.

We called into fort William where on a clear day you can see Ben Nevis the tallest mountain in Scotland. The scenery driving around has gone from rolling hills to steep mountains with not many trees and lots of erosion. We stopped for a little time at Loch Ness, looking out for Nessie. We happened to find her in a pond lol! The story of Nessie started in the 500's, an Irish monk was baptizing the people in the loch ness when one day he spotted a monster, but he had consumed a lot of his Irish whisky lol! This is also how whisky came to, from the monks. The Loch Ness is very deep, deeper than the north sea. It is also a very brown eerie colour because of the peat in the mountains turns it brown. If you went swimming in it you called hardly see in front if you. Peat is used in people's fires as it burns better than wood and doesn't produce the smoke like wood does.

After seeing Nessie we made our way to the Culloden Moor battle field. Sorry this battle was way to confusing to write about so I have copied this, sorry it's pretty long but it's interesting. Highbridge – Prestonpans – 1st Carlisle – Clifton – 2nd Carlisle – Inverurie – Falkirk – Fort William – Littleferry – Culloden
The Battle of Culloden (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Chùil Lodair) was the final confrontation of the 1745 Jacobite Rising. Taking place on 16 April 1746, the battle pitted the Jacobite forces of Charles Edward Stuart against an army commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, loyal to the British government. The Jacobite cause of overthrowing the reigning House of Hanover and restoring the House of Stuart to the British throne was dealt a decisive defeat at Culloden; Charles Stuart never mounted any further attempts to challenge Hanoverian power in Britain. The conflict was the last pitched battle fought on British soil,[4] occurring near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.

Charles Stuart's Jacobite army consisted largely of Scottish Highlanders, as well as a number of Lowland Scots and a small detachment of Englishmen from the Manchester Regiment. The Jacobites were supported and supplied by the Kingdom of France and French and Irish units loyal to France were part of the Jacobite army. The government force was mostly English, along with a significant number of Scottish Lowlanders and Highlanders, a battalion of Ulster men from Ireland, and a small number of Hessians from Germany[5] and Austrians.[6] Meeting on Culloden Moor, the battle was both quick and bloody, taking place within an hour. Following an unsuccessful Highland charge against the government lines, the Jacobites were routed and driven from the field.

Between 1,500 and 2,000 Jacobites were killed or wounded in the brief battle, while government losses were lighter with 50 dead and 259 wounded. The aftermath of the battle and subsequent crackdown on Jacobitism was brutal, earning Cumberland the sobriquet "Butcher". Efforts were subsequently taken to further integrate the comparatively wild Highlands into the Kingdom of Great Britain; civil penalties were introduced to weaken Gaelic culture and attack the Scottish clan system. It was pretty moving standing on the ground that you know so many people died on all those years ago.

We got to Aviemore at about 5.30, Boofa and I did a big walk up in the mountains in the Cairngorm national park, it was so good to stretch our legs, but man we are unfit!! We saw a heroin which is a huge bird that looks like a giant penguin. We are staying in a ski village so it is surrounded by mountains and on one you can see a tiny bit of snow.