Callander

We booked a B&B here, primarily just to break up the drive from Edinburgh to Mull, but we really liked this village and would gladly have stayed longer if we didn't already have other plans. it's a charming little town with small businesses on the main street, a river running by the town, cute houses with beautiful gardens and lots of walking paths. The Scots are avid walkers, so if a Scot tells you something is an easy 15 minute walk that translates to a moderate 30-40 minute walk for us mortals. We checked into our B&B about 5pm and went in search of some dinner. After our meal, we thought we would walk off some of the calories so we decided to do the "easy" one mile walk to Bracklinn Falls. It turns out the easy one mile walk starts at the parking area which was a not-so-easy uphill climb from our B&B. We made it to the falls, which are quite nice. The local stone is called puddingstone which is apparently a softer form of rock, easily carved by the water. We spent some time there, then headed back as it was almost 9:00. It stays fairly light here until almost 10:30pm, maybe because it's so far north? Anyway, back to our cozy room and really comfy bed. :)