What a beautiful sunny day it was today to be visiting St Andrews. We started off at the historic Martyrs Monument that overlooks the famous golf course. It’s one of the town’s most iconic landmarks and commemorates four protestant martyrs who were burnt at the stake in St Andrews. After this we went on an…

It’s not easy to find in the National Museum of Scotland, tucked away a little bit. But this flag was carried by the Covenanter army at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650.

A nice walk up to the John Knox statue at Glasgow’s Necropolis is a great addition to visiting the historic Glasgow Cathedral.There’s a great view as a reward. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1364374001575771

“It is your privilege in Scotland to hold the ancestral places to which we resort; but we of America represent the results of these events which have a common origin for us all. In Scotland you hold Greyfriars and the tombstones where the Covenanters signed their Covenant; but the spirit’ of the Covenanters is walking…

Spring has definitely arrived here in Scotland, the sun was out and the spring flowers are blooming. We took our dog and youngest grandson a nice walk down to the “Preaching Braes” for a play in the nearby park and a splash about in the water for the dog. A beautiful, peaceful place today, but…

As part of some personal research today, our guide Jimmy got his hands on this Latin and Hebrew Old Testament published in 1546 in Basel, Switzerland, and which belonged to the great Scottish Reformer John Knox, who acquired it in 1561. It was discovered a few years ago by staff at the University of Glasgow…