Did you go to the Shetland Isles? How big are the ponies?
Did you go to Orkney too? Are there really Orks there?
Neither, unfortunately, though I did see a couple of the ponies elsewhere. They were... pretty darn small. Easily short enough for someone to standing-jump over one.
Did go to Skye, though. If I could afford to and pass immigration, I'd move there and spend the rest of my days sketching and writing. Literally indescribable, and almost impossible to get photographs that capture even a fraction of it--I'll post a few of the better ones over in the photoshare thread if anyone's interested. Also got the best NY-style pizza I've had in my life at a place in Stirling. Was glad I was informed enough to go to Loch Lomond, because Ness is depressingly tourist-trappy and much less impressive. Saw a strangely large number of German biker groups.
But yeah, Scotland was damned amazing in just about every way. Beats the hell out of Istanbul--that's where I was originally going to study abroad up until the program was cancelled for security concerns, and I found out about the Scotland program because it was one of three left (and I'd not known it was running that year). Still ended up eating kebab though.
It was fucking Dalkeith wasn't it?
Also,I don't know what doc means, so feel free not to answer.
Yeah, you got it. We were the shitheads staying in the old mansion.