"Clochmerle":
CHAPTER ONE: Bloody Borders:-
Below:- The Declaration of Arbroath 1320 a.d. with one Seal missing
CHAPTER TWO : The Potter:-
Wemyss Bovey Tracey Piglet painted by Joseph Nekola with red clover script mark in green Wemyss Ware
The daily bread - Braided Challah Bread popular in Jewish communities
The Daily Bread - British sliced loaf
The daily bread - French baguette
Avia B 534 :- early Bi-Plane WW2 manufactured in Czech Republic
(above) James McLevy Edinburgh’s first detective took up his post in 1833
King Robert the Bruce (above) and St Martin’s celtic Cross on Iona (below)
Loony Dooks on Hogmanay each year when crowds brave the cold waters of the Firth of Forth
The Lewis Chessmen (ABOVE)
Paper Book Sculptures mysteriously deposited at the National Library of Scotland (BELOW)
Above: The Kelpies by Andy Scott
Below:- Scottish Rugby - rough and tumble
Below :- Wemyss Cat
Scotland’s Puffins
Selkies :- Male and female 'seal people' who can thro off their seal skins and adopt human form
HIGHLAND FLING - HIGHLAND DANCER (BELOW)
Iron Age Broch Dun Troddan - Construction is Unique to Scotland
The Royal Yacht Britannia now moored in Leith
Below:- Orkney Venus 10000BC and Vestonice Venus dating from 25,000 BC
Edible fungi around Scotlands woodlands
Fingal’s Cave on the Isle of Staffa - The Hebrides