A Fun day out with Julie

Julie and myself enjoyed a lovely day exploring parts of Inverness. We parked the car and walked past historic buildings down to the River Ness. We looked for the Peregrine falcons that can sometimes be seen on one of the Churches but we could nt see them, just some gulls and pigeons.
We looked round the Old High Churchyard. It is the the oldest parish church in Inverness. In existence since the Battle of Culloden (1746). We saw where Jacobite prisoners were executed in the graveyard. A horrible thought and it felt strange standing on a spot where so many had been killed.
It is also thought that St Columba preached on this spot when he visited Inverness to convert the Pictish King Brude to Christianity in 566.
There were beautifully carved  headstones for people with interesting occupations including a cabinet maker, a brass founder and a butcher.
We took a look at the artwork in the Castle Gallery. Some impressive work especially by an artist called Peter Munro. The owner was very helpful giving us lots of information. He explained that although Peter Munro's main interest is wildlife he has become known for his paintings of golf courses and has recently painted the 19 holes of the Golf Course in St Andrews when the British Open was held there. Amazing  detail goes into each painting which includes the background around each hole. His paintings and prints sell well making quite a profit.
We then had lunch at So Coco. I ordered a lovely sounding chargrilled chicken covered in melted cheese on a crisp bread. I was rather disappointed when it was put in front of me and looked like mashed banana on two Ryvita, however it did taste good.
Pudding was much nicer , waffles with fresh fruit and chocolate sauce and churros (fried dough pastry) with delicious chocolate dip, we shared our puds so we could have some of each :) Julie was going to blip our desserts but we had tucked in and forgotten to take a photo ;)
Then off across the road to Inverness Museum to see the Great Tapestry of Scotland. I had seen it before but was still impressed by all the work and fabulous detail.I liked this lady spinning from panel 73, stitched in Thurso by Frances Gardener and Jacqueline Walters .In the extras you can see me putting my stitch in the panel that now hangs in Parliament, Something you could do when we visited the tapestry at Holyrood back in July 2014.
If you have nt been yet the panels are at the museum until 20th Feb , well worth a visit :)