Beatrix Potter and Victorian Hotel
Big Tree and Victorian Hotel Susi and I decided to explore the little town of Dunkeld which was the Capital of the newly formed Scottish Nation in the 9th century when the first King of Scots, Kenneth MacAlpin made it head of the Celtic Church. Okay, the real reasons we decided to go there was that it was close, pretty, had some good hikes and a reasonably price hotel for an overnight stay. I thought it would be fun to take the train from Perth there as I really like trains. Unfortunately, the connection from the bus station to the train station was tight and due to an uncooperative ticket machine and a labyrinth of halls and bridges to get to the correct platform we arrived just as the doors were closing and the train was leaving. So we were out the price of the tickets and had to trek to a bus station in the middle of town to use our free senior bus cards to travel to Dunkeld. It wasn’t all that bad though as we took a very scenic route through valleys and hills to ...