Unlike many of my former colleagues, I am definitely not a military history buff, nor do I want to spend time on battlefields. No matter how many centuries have passed, as one of the others on the trip said – it just feels creepy and wrong to be walking over where so many died.
Your mileage may very. Yes, the young people at the museum, exhibition were enthusiastic. They were well educated and delighted to share the knowledge. Not one of them had served. The rack of costumes were relatively accurate in terms of style and cut. The external stitching that showed was all handwork. Internal seems? Not visible. I went through the clean and well organized exhibits with the group, then went back to the meeting room and skipped the battlefield. It took me hours to get rid of the ear worm singing “Ye Jacobites by name,,,,,”
Lunch, served there was excellent. And then there was a bus ride. (there is always a bus ride on these tours..) We made only one stop on the way – at a plinth – Sueno’s Stone which dates from 850-950 CE. It is now enclosed to stop the weathering. This stone is real – unlike the Kensington Runestone.
and then it was back in tbe bus and on to Aberdeen where we off loaded at our hotel.
Of note, it seemed like all the farmers had baled their hay in this last week. Unlike when I was young when rectangular bales which could be handled by hand, stacked and stored – it seems like huge round bales everywhere.
I loved the tour at the Culloden Battlefield and museum. Very informative, very sad and moving, too. Re the bales; that is exactly what all the fields in our part of the Midwest look like right now. 🤓