Holyrood sits at the bottom of the Royal Mile, with fantastic views of Arthur’s Seat (if you look closely at the photo with the Abbey and Arthur’s seat, you can see the people on the summit.) It’s the King’s official residence in Scotland. We did tour the inside (no pictures allowed), which is pretty much […]
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On our way back down to Edinburgh, we stopped at a few places not too far from the A9/M9. The first was Huntingtower Castle. We actually got their before opening (weren’t paying enough attention to the hours), but we ran into the lone staff member, and she was more than happy to let us in,
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This was my favorite castle of the trip. The castle was incredibly interesting – lots of different collections, and the family themselves were fascinating. So definitely enjoyed the inside tour, but per usual, my favorite part was the gardens. They’re actually fairly modern because they were turned over to agriculture over the two world wars,
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One of the best things we did was treat ourselves to a tour to the Isle of Skye, so we could have someone else do the driving. The road through Glen Shiel was amazing. (And pouring rain, so no pictures.) Our first stop, before Skye, was Eilean Donan Castle. Which I will own my nerd-dom,
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Dunrobin Castle Carn Liath
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Our next drive was north of Inverness, up to Dunrobin Castle in Golspie. This is another castle still owned by the original family, and it’s on an amazing patch of land right on the ocean. (The day we were there, there were fighter jet drills happening at the nearby base, so we had that sound
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I have to give credit here to the Wild Mountain Garden at the base lodge at Cairngorm. Most of these flowers came from here. I took most of these pictures in the rain, because it was too good an opporunity to miss.
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