13th of August
Since we are going to see the new Sottish based movie ‘Brave’ we thought we’d go and see the castle it was based around – Dunnottar near Stonehaven. More captions to follow……
Thistle do the trick… looking out along the North sea coastline
‘Come fly with me.. a very blue bottle.
Arty shot of a staircase inside the oldest part of the castle.
Some awfy bonnie flowers on a castle wall
The formidale entrance to the castle which held out against the whole of Cromwells army for eight months.
Sandy who has since had a good, short back-to-school haircut…
Beeutiful….
The Scottish crown jewels were held in the castle during the Cromwells 1650 seige but successfully smuggled out and hidden in a nearby church where they stayed hidden until the restoration ten years later. This restored room commemorates the efforts of those involved in saving the Honours of Scotland…
A nice coat of arms…
Very Robert the Bruce..
Looking out east there was a bit a regatta going on round the corner at Stonehaven.
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You do meet some dodgy characters hanging around castles.
More arty nonsense
Lots of seabirds use the castle to nest. we found a big seagull chick waiting for mama with the fish…
Looking south into a little cove…
The kids decided that this was the cave that Harry and Dumbledore visit in the Half Blood Prince
We were there with the Laing family. Robin is a well known folk singer and whisky guru
Summer is not complete without a visit to ‘the berries’ here at Watsons fruit farm near Perth.
When I was a kid we lived on a farm surrounded by raspberry fields and we we forced to pick them as a summer job. When you go to sleep at night you see nothing but raspberries.
A bit like this…