“I’d like to go to Scotland,” she’d said.

So, after 25 years, what’s a man to do?

Sage advice:  Yes, Dear!

First, London.

Coulda gotten her a room here …

But there were mixed reviews.

Took a little trip down the Thames.

You can’t see Big Ben from this angle.  Why?

“Because Big Ben’s a bell.”  (Royal Mile, Edinburgh)

A very unOrthodox house.  (John Knox’s)

Arthur’s Seat.

Old guy standing on the Seat …

… finds lovely woman.

The gate at Holy Rood, bottom of the Royal Mile (and Arthur’s Seat).

A peek through the gate.

Edinburgh Castle

The oldest building still standing on Castle grounds …

Me and Mary (Queen of Scots).

Coronation of Robert the Bruce.

On our 5th anniversary, we were at Chartes Cathedral, France … and witnessed a wedding.

20 years later, a wedding at St Margaret’s.

Rainy day on the bus to Glascow.

The west side of Scotland reminds of Western North Carolina.

On the ferry to Islay …

Sláinte!