Good thing that I woke up too early this morning. If I had snoozed to a civilized hour, I would have missed the show.
Today’s event was a visit to the Royal Highland Show Think state fair. Without the midway. It was interesting but not on the regular tourist route. I might have been the only foreigner there . My only disappointment is I missed getting to see the inside of the cow barn and the hairy Scottish cows . By the time I found the cow barn it was closed for cleaning.
I saw cows, just not the one I wanted to see.
And, I watched the preliminary round of sheep shearing. I was rather impressed, one guy sheared 3 sheep in 5 minutes . But apparently the really good/fast guys don’t compete until Sunday. Not real sure that I would like to be one of the sheep!
Lots of things to buy. Everything from ginormous tractors to alliums.
When I got back to my hotel, red chairs had sprouted in the square and folks were lapping up summer as only folks from the north can.
6 miles walked in the brisk summer air – high was 58 degrees – left me rather tired. And, I am enjoying a little case of sinusitis. When I consider how much time I have spent on airplanes I am not surprised.