If it’s not Scottish, it’s crap!
Set upon its mighty rock, Edinburgh Castle’s strategic advantage is clear. Seeing the site’s military potential, Iron Age people built a hill fort on the rock. So far, so good, but in 1639 the castle was captured in just 30 minutes, so just saying…
Holyrood Abbey is a ruined abbey of the Canons Regular in Edinburgh, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1128 by King David I.
Kind of like Michigan Avenue in Chicago, but lots older. The mile refers to the mile between the castle and Holyrood Palace.
“Set in a magical Scottish landscape of rivers, woodlands & enchanting pathways Melville Castle is the ideal place to escape from it all and enter into a Christmas Wonderland; a ‘home from home’ in the stunning Melville Castle. “
OK, we spent three nights in a castle. Please note that old castles will not have the usual amenities us ‘Mericans tend to expect while on vacation. Still, quite charming and fun, like camping in a solid tent.
It looks like I set the camera up for a 10 second timer shot and then ran over to the couch and tried to look ‘natural’. Jeanne looks great.
There was a wedding reception on one of the nights that we were there so we had the pipers out near the entrance to greet the parties. Note: There was a bar in the castle dungeon that seemed to never close.
I kept this bill because of the list of services offered by the hotel staff. Note that you could have rented a dog! Also, we paid 20 Scottish Pounds per night (maybe $30 US) in 1978.
We didn’t rent this dog. In 1978 we were cat people and didn’t have a dog until we got Duncan Madog. Duncan’s a good dog! Yes he is!