4/19/17 Part One: Highland Folk Museum (Outlander)

Today was one of our longer driving days.  We were going to meet our cousins, Donald and Margaret Gillies, for the first time at the cafe at Culloden at 1PM.

Along the way, we stopped in Newtonmore to visit the Highland Folks Museum.  There were two reasons for this stop:  First, as Outlander fans we wanted to see the village that was used when Dougal collects the rent in Outlander.  Second, we wanted to see these replicas of 18th century turf roofed Highland crofts as they were similar to the crofts my ancestors would have lived in.

Pictures from the drive to and then at the Museum:














School House




Curling & other games













I have the same tools from my great grandfather




Fun Tour?


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