It’s now been a week since I posted our last Scotland update. I’m a liiiittle behind but slowly trying to get caught up!
Anyway, you already read all about St. Andrews, Troon & Maidens, and Edinburgh. Today I’m just sharing a little about a few side trips we ladies took while the men folk were playing golf!
GLAMIS CASTLE
This castle was absolutely lovely! This is where the Queen Mother spent a good portion of her childhood with her siblings! It was decked to the nines inside with furniture, art, set tables… They even had some of the clothes that the people of the house used to wear around!
Sadly, they didn’t allow any inside photography so you’ll just have to go see this one for yourself! This was probably my favorite castle we visited because of all the original furnishings and character left intact.
Another neat part about visiting this castle was the little restaurant/tea room in it! We had a FANTASTIC lunch here!
So much about this restaurant reminded us of Downton Abbey. We loved it!
STERLING CASTLE
Sadly, I didn’t get any pictures of the outside of this castle! But it, too, was very beautiful and had a rich history tied to William Wallace and Robert the Bruce (you know, from Braveheart! Which turns out to be a terribly historically inaccurate account of what happened, as we learned! Sad!) The guys did get to come with us to this castle and I think they all really enjoyed the Braveheart tour portion of the day! 🙂
The views were actually prettier than the castle, which I did happen to get some pictures of!
After going to Sterling Castle, Mo took us to the William Wallace national monument. It was neat looking, but we were running short on time so we didn’t go all the way up! Just admired it from the bottom of the hill!
HIGHLAND CATTLE
One fun stop we made while voyaging from place to place was at a little cow pasture of sorts where we met a few Highlands cows! They were so cute with their shaggy hair and long bangs!!
This one’s name was Hamish. He is apparently famous… (?) There was a sign explaining why he’s famous but I didn’t read it. I think this was right before I was starting to feel sick from all the winding roads that we were driving on to get to dinner one night…
Anyway, here he is with his black friend!
They were fun to visit!
BRIG O’ DOON
One exceptionally gorgeous stop we made was by the Brig O’ Doon, which was where Scottish poet Robert Burns spent a lot of time. (You probably know one noteworthy piece of his work– The New Year’s song Auld Lang Syne!) It’s an old bridge that currently leads to nowhere, but is surrounded by beautiful landscaping, lots of sheep, a pretty little creek, and a restaurant/museum!
Here’s the view from the top of the bridge!
And the view down the bridge…
And a few pictures of Katie, mama, and me with the cute sheep in the background!
And those were the highlights of our little side trips!
Here we four girls are just randomly getting Mo to take our picture on the side of the road with some pretty Scottish countryside and rooftops behind us on the way back to one of our B&Bs one afternoon. I can’t remember exactly what prompted this stop/photo op, but if I do, I’ll be sure to come back and tell you… Ha!
Have you visited any of these places? Would love to know what you thought!!!
Stay tuned for just one more (very) goofy post about Scotland in the next few days! Then that’ll wrap up this recap! 🙂
Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope you’re having a good week!!
Have you ever seen the Musical called, “Brigadoon” ? If not, you should make a plan to do so! That ‘bridge to nowhere’ will give you something else to think about! lol Wonderful photos! Hope the entire trip has been a very heartwarming experience for you!
No, but a friend of mine was telling me about it! I need to add it to our queue! Can’t wait to watch it! And thanks for reading! 🙂 Means the world!! xo!