I forgot to show you where we stayed for the last 2 nights in Scotland - does it look like a castle?

not quite but it was very pleasant. It was a bit out in the middle of nowhere but not that it mattered as Dominic and Dad were driving to the Open and the day after that we were leaving.

This is a view of the skyline in the south of Scotland -

An old cemetery

And a new cemetery! Will it look like the one above in a hundred years?

Now off to Stirling to see a castle. The kings of Scotland resided here. It is at a very high point in the landscape so it had great views for miles. It was interesting as they have done a lot of work renovating (do you renovate a castle?) and the colors of murals were brilliant, even the outside walls would have been a special yellow render so must have looked pretty amazing.

Me in the queens bedroom

This is part of a set of tapestries which took 13 years to complete. They were glorious- I am inspired to start doing the packets of cross-stitch I have at home. The others were even more brilliant.