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Background music playing. After the rising you had 1719. Spain and England
are shall we say had an alliance with one another and voided that alliance, so Spain
decided to play the Jacobite card. They spent 300 of their crack Spanish mountain troops
to help the highlanders. Thank you very much Spain! Woo! They went down to the eilendon
castle which is where I'll be taking you shortly. Unfortunately, for the Scots and the Spanish
we were defeated, so it was another failure and arising. Thanks for trying to help us
guys. Hahaha. So it's quite crazy to think guys that there were was actually Spanish
soldiers fighting here. That's why we've said about Jacobitism being part of Scotland. As
I said, Bonnie Prince Charlie was offered to become King of America, so an International
dimension as well. What a beautiful place for a battle guys. What a beautiful place
for a battle. Background music playing.
Wind blowing. So today is day two of our tour of the Scottish
Highlands. The blue skies are gone and it is rainy, cold and the weather is just very
Scottish and dramatic. So our first stop of the day is eilean donan castle and that's
just right behind us. Brrrr. When I'm cold you know it's really cold. Oh yeah! Bone chilling,
wet and damp right now. Background music playing.
Aside from just the impressive Castle there is also wonderful views here.
Background music playing. Wind blowing.
SO we've just been warming up in a pub right now. It is really cold, damp, wet and windy
outside, so we've got tea for two and we've ordered some traditional pub fare.
Background music playing. I actually quite like the damp and the rain
because it reminds me so much of home where I grew up on Vancouver Island.
background music playing. It is super windy. Our guide Dave this is
the windiest he's ever seen it here. I bet you can barely hear me right now.
Wind noises. Background music playing.