Craigston Castle Reprised!
27/09/25 14:10
Our great friend form Arizona, Kurt, came over again for a touring vacation of the North East of Scotland, visiting places missed on the last trip. This tome only Mike and Jill could join in the fun so the hire car was smaller. The castle had changed only a little since our last visit two years previously and it was a pleasure to stay once again.
We started off visiting Stirling Castle early morning. I had not been there since a St Machan's Primary School visit in the early 1970s. There are lots of unicorns and a tapestry series of the Hunting of the Unicorn.
We even managed to get up before dawn to catch the first train to Edinburgh for the day, and despite the Festivals all being over in August, the city was jumping with tourists. We celebrated the city in the Willow Tea Room on Princes Street with a wonderful view of the castle, then a long walk along Rose Street with a boost stop in a bar for some, soft drink for me. It was there that Mike spread the terrible image he took on the morning train ride of us all snoozing and certainly not looking our very best.
Our days were spent on Cullen Skink Safari - you can never have enough oil that, and we saw some wonderful castles on the drives. Kurt hopes to build a house on the castle estate grounds, but he was very taken by fishing village life, so there is a period of reflection required there! Anthony could not come for the full time, but drove up on Thursday to join us for served dinner which was really nice.
Sadly on Saturday they all had to head back to the USA to prepare for heading to Argentina ten days following…
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We started off visiting Stirling Castle early morning. I had not been there since a St Machan's Primary School visit in the early 1970s. There are lots of unicorns and a tapestry series of the Hunting of the Unicorn.
We even managed to get up before dawn to catch the first train to Edinburgh for the day, and despite the Festivals all being over in August, the city was jumping with tourists. We celebrated the city in the Willow Tea Room on Princes Street with a wonderful view of the castle, then a long walk along Rose Street with a boost stop in a bar for some, soft drink for me. It was there that Mike spread the terrible image he took on the morning train ride of us all snoozing and certainly not looking our very best.
Our days were spent on Cullen Skink Safari - you can never have enough oil that, and we saw some wonderful castles on the drives. Kurt hopes to build a house on the castle estate grounds, but he was very taken by fishing village life, so there is a period of reflection required there! Anthony could not come for the full time, but drove up on Thursday to join us for served dinner which was really nice.
Sadly on Saturday they all had to head back to the USA to prepare for heading to Argentina ten days following…
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