Greyfriars kirkyard

[MacWage]

When I was planning to go, I was told that "Greyfriars separated the Historian from the Tourist." I didn't understand until I SAW it.
I was going because of the history of the CHURCH (all that happened there of SUCH relevance to Scottish history).
Most go there for "Greyfriars Bobby," a dog that was the subject of a Disney movie.

Now, I call it "That Stupid Dog," for all the distractions it causes about the importance of Greyfriars. (No negative thought REALLY intended for the dog, just for the misappropriation of real importance.)

The folks there said I was one of the FEW Americans who came there and didn't CARE about the dog, but came in regards to the National Covenant.

Aside:
One American program mentioned the Covenanters there (a "ghosts of Edinburgh" thing, as I recall). They had them dressed in brown monastic robes . . .

[McClef]

There is a lot about the history of the Kirkyaird in the book about Bobby written by Eleanor Atkinson MacWage, alas it doesn't come out in the movies.

But I must confess I was still emotional when I saw his grave and that of John Gray.