What a magic day today, in all possible ways! I slept around 10 hours, a miracle for me. Gorgeous clear skies. Late breakfast, then we were on the road from Inverness to the ruins of Elgin Cathedral, where everything was as green as you could possibly imagine.
After Elgin Cathedral, we went a few streets away to Johnstons of Scotland, a working mill that makes cashmere products for the likes of Burberry (yes, we even saw some Burberry cloth on one of the looms). We had an hour-long tour of the mill, going through all the processes, but unfortunately, we weren’t allowed to take ANY pictures inside the mill. The mill employs about 800 people, with another 300 at Hawick who turn the yarns into clothing products. The Elgin mill spins and dyes the yarn, and makes the flat cashmere products such as scarves, blankets and homewares. Fascinating stuff!
As a bonus we had afternoon tea in the restaurant at Johnstons. Very posh!
The sun shone most of the day, only turning cloudy on our trip back to Inverness. No rain at all. I was even in a t-shirt for some of the day.
The saddest part of the day was saying goodbye to Willie, our bus driver since Glasgow. By law, he cannot work more than 6 days straight and today was his 6th day with us.
Rhonda Bracey: At Random 
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