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STIRLING!? WAH!? |
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We ate another tasty meal at Elderfield's, and caught a taxi to the train station. The ride to Stirling was maybe 50 minutes long. Our landlady at the Firgrove B & B was taking her dog to the vet so we chilled at the station cafe while we waited for her to get home. An hour later saw us set up at the B & B and ready to head into town to visit Stirling Castle.
The castle was built by one of the Stuart kings, James IV. It's been added to, overhauled, torn down, and rebuilt throughout its 500 year history. After the castle tour, we reserved a table at the Portcullis Lounge & Restaurant. We hiked into the Holy Rude cemetary, and laid upon Lady's Rock to pass the time in the sun. It had been raining off and on throughout the day (the first day of rain we'd had, in fact), but it stayed nice for the rest of the evening.
After supper we strolled back through the old town and went to bed. |
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Today we checked out of Elderfields Guesthouse and Maureen gave us a little something something: a bitty bottle of Whyte and Mackay scotch whisky. Right on!
Took the train from Edinburgh to Stirling and we passed the time with 4 rounds of Phase 10. We got to Firgrove and our B & B owners, Fiona and Tim, were great. While Fiona was showing us our room she broke the blinds, but I said better her than us. We had another second story room with an awesome bay window, just like at Elderfields.
Fiona gave us a map of Stirling and since we only had the one day, we went to Stirling Castle. We walked up, and I think it took about half an hour. Once we got there, we did the audio tour again since it was so good at Holyrood.
I learned about how King James built the palace to be worthy of his young french bride. It had a large gate for wagons and two pedestrian passages into the outer courtyard. Three entrances was more impressive than other castles around with their piddling two entrances.
We made a reservation for dinner at Portcullis on Fiona's recommendation and while we waited for 5:30 pm, we explored the cemetary next to Holy Rude Church. I found an old grave for John Cowane, a philanthropist and merchant after whom the Cowane Hospital is named.
Then to dinner where everything was great and I had red wine with my meal. When we left, we realized on the way back down that everything closes at 5:30. Grr. But we found a grocery store where everything was a pound or so, and they had some truly disgusting stuff. Like a package of sliced chicken with a brown blob in the center - it was stuffing - and huge jars of something called 'brown sauce.' I still haven't figured out what it is. We did buy some Cadbury digestive biscuits (chocolate dipped cookies) just to have something sweet to snack on.
Then off to bed. |
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