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Billy Visits Scotland – Dunnottar Castle

This was one of those “the best laid plans of mice and coos oft times go astray” moments with visiting this castle. We had a lovely breakfast at our BnB with the plans for the day being to visit Dunnottar … Continue reading

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Billy Visits Scotland – Eilean Donan Castle

After we had quite a lovely (and filling) breakfast at our BnB on the Isle of Skye we were on the road again. There was an option to take a bit of a detour to head to the famous Urquhart … Continue reading

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Scotland Thursday: Dunollie Castle at Sunset

Located on a hill north of Oban, Scotland (and pretty much just up the road from our hotel that overlooked the harbor in Oban) is a small castle ruin with a very good view – Dunollie Castle.   We had just … Continue reading

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Corgarff Castle – Scotland

I thought I only had one more castle to share here when I noticed something on my Instagram feed.  “Wait a minute!” I exclaimed looking at the photo and then I scrolled through my files to find the formerly unidentified … Continue reading

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Eilean Donan Castle

Welcome to Eilean Donan Castle! Scotland is filled with castles and Eilean Donan is probably the most visited and photographed of them all.  I suppose it doesn’t hurt that Highlander and a James Bond film were filmed here.  In the … Continue reading

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Dunstaffnage Castle and Chapel

Three miles outside of Oban, Scotland lies the Dunstaffnage Castle and chapel.  It is a partially ruined castle that sits on a conglomerate rock at the entrance to Loch Etive surrounded on three sides by the sea.  It is one … Continue reading

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Oh the castles I have seen!

Besides the glorious landscapes in Scotland, I wanted to see as many castles as I could get to… and a few of them took some getting to!  I have a preference for the really old castle ruins but there were … Continue reading

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I’ve been to…

The land of kilts, haggis (I tried it and liked it!), whiskey (tried it; one and done), lochs, mountains, castles and coos, bagpipes, driving on the left side of the road (did that too) Harry Potter, Highlander, James Bond, Doctor … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday – The grounds of Powderham Castle, Devon, UK

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