A friend of mine recently returned from a trip to Scotland and gave me this thimble. I've never been to Scotland and this thimble has given me another place to add to my "what to visit in Scotland one day list". Although I have heard of Glencoe, I thought it was a skiing resort. Well, it is but there is a lot more to it than that. It is situated on the west side of Scotland, overlooking Loch Leven. Fort William and Ben Nevis are to the North and Oban to the South. It's stunning scenery has led to it being used as the backdrop in a few movies - "The Highlander" "Rob Roy" and more recently the "Harry Potter" series. This thimble, also from Scotland, came in a bulk purchase of thimbles from Ebay a couple of years ago. Old Leanach Cottage is on Culloden Moor which is near Inverness. Culloden is the location of a very famous battle from the Jacobite uprising. ...
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