Falkirk On a quiet Sunday morning, we drove to Falkirk. Sunday was a day for places I wanted to go and for places, Paula wanted to go. It was a great thing when traveling with …
Travels in the United Kingdom
Travels throughout the United Kingdom.. Scotland, England and Ireland.
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National Wallace Monument and visiting the incredible… Kelpies
The National Wallace Monument After we left Doune Castle, we stopped at the National Wallace Monument. I have been here once and remember the incredible trek up to the top and what a view it was …
The beautiful Doune Castle… where have I seen this before?
Our journey from Lochleven to Doune Castle We journeyed over the really incredible Queensferry Crossing What a sight to see and it was still so new at the time. We drove over this bridge a lot …
You want to see Lochleven Castle? You must take a boat…
Lochleven Castle This is the castle that held Mary, Queen of Scots prisoner and where there was a “jailbreak” and she escaped under the cover of night. Read here to learn about Mary and …
Outlander Fan? Falkland is the place to visit
Outlander! The book series is just the thing we women need to solidify our crushes on incredibly handsome, strong, virile highlander men! Oh my! Well, just so you know, Falkland is not in Outlander, but …
A quick stop in St. Andrews
St. Andrews Golf Course This day would turn out to be quite a busy day! A quick trip to St. Andrews Golf Course and off to the next destination. For any golfer, this is one of …
Where can you see a Palace and a Castle in one day? The incredible city of Edinburgh…
Holyrood Holyrood. A working palace, a palace of old and new, well mostly old but the current (new) monarchy use this Palace when in Scotland. It is truly a beautiful Palace. The history, like all …
Have you been to Calton Hill?
I have been to Calton Hill. I went there at the end of April 2016 for the incredible Beltane Fire Festival! It was so cold that night, but totally worth all the frozen toes, I …
Incredible views of Edinburgh thanks to the impressive Scott Monument…
Breakfast Did I mention how wonderful our hosts were at Bunree? If not I will again. Una and Hamish were so nice and helpful and great cooks!! After a wonderful meal, we headed out to Halbeath …