Old High Church or the Mystery of the Clock

Old High St Stephen's church on a rainy day.

Where we cross the river on the pedestrian bridge, we walk up the hill to Old High St Stephen's Church.  It is the Church of Scotland, built mostly in the 18th century, and is the oldest church in Inverness. We have enjoyed walking through it's graveyard, reading the old tombstones.

A large family stone, with names on all four sides.

After dinner one evening, while walking home, the clock bell started to ring the time.  For fun, I was counting the hours,  7, 8,9, 10,  wait a minute it's not that late! 11, 12, 13, 14....is this clock on military time??  At this point Bill took up the count, too.  20, 21,22.... I started to laugh as the count grew and grew........99,100....129,130,131!!  Now the mystery is;  What hour is 131 in Scottish time?  I don't know if this happens every evening, but I do bet the priest received some phone calls to fix his clock bell!

Looking over the river to the Old High St Stephen's Church after the clock bell stopped ringing.