Hairy Scotland

For me one of the great symbols of Scotland is the Highland Scottish cattle. Ted would argue that it is the distilleries of great scotch whiskey.

Our first encounter on this trip was the unlikely sighting of four highland cattle inside what was once a large brick walled garden that in its earlier days would have provided the food for the Carriden Estate near BoNess. Here they were within the confines of a fence, but often they could be found wandering the highlands with only a steel grate placed in the single lane roads to stop them from wandering into someone else's range.

Although they look placid, we were told that they were not to be fooled with, especially if there was a young calf about. For me I was just happy to use my long lens to record what I called, "hairyScotland".