Leon Turnbull Photography

I arrived at the House of Bruars around noon. This is a strange place. It is a big fancy high-end mall out in the middle of nowhere. There are no big towns around anywhere close, and yet it is a very busy place. How odd!

There is an easy hike here to a couple of waterfalls. It was around noon, and sunny by now when I started this hike, but God really blessed me by providing clouds as I got up to the waterfalls. This allowed me to take some good photos of these falls. Thank you Lord! Maybe it is just Scotland/Ireland. I don’t think this could have happened in California (well, it has happened in CA, but not very often).

The upper falls is very hidden with no good view of it from the trail. I scrambled down off trail to try to find a closer viewpoint. This was the first off trail scrambling I did in Scotland. I found a much better viewpoint, though it was still somewhat obscured. Getting to the creek level would have been great, but it was out of the question. Unless you are a canyoneer. I saw some people rappelling down this waterfall when I got down to my spot (not shown in the photo – obviously). Anyhow, it was still a better view than from the trail.

I ate lunch at the fish n chips place at the mall afterwards. It was a little bit embarrassing when I went to pay because I could not figure out the weird Scottish change and how much I needed. The Scottish restaurant owner with a very strong accent had to pick the change out of my hand, laughing at me. Oh well.

Also weird here was that I could not figure out where the restrooms were. I did not see any sign for “toilets” (as is elsewhere in Scotland). I asked someone and he said it was just inside the store. So I went into the store, looked around, and I could not see the restrooms or any sign for them anywhere. I walked around and around and finally found them, and there was this sign: CLOAKROOM. That’s it! Oh my goodness! I have never seen that word used for restroom before. I guess this is what rich people call restrooms? Ahh!