Otherwise known as my favourite country so far... You hear that Scotland is beautiful, but crikey dicks – no one tells you just how absolutely stunning it is! It’s our favourite country so far, and although we’ve only experienced a few (eight to be precise), this experience will be hard to beat!
Our first official day was amazing and topped off a stunning night’s sightseeing in Edinburgh last night. We arrived at about 8.30pm and spent the evening wandering around the streets, taking photographs of the castle, but avoided setting foot on the royal mile as we wanted to save that for our final few days (which will be spent in Edinburgh). Couldn’t help but think of you Mum and Michelle and really wish you were performing at the festival this year so we could see you.
This morning we set off at headed to Stirling, which is now one of my favourite places. It is absolutely stunning and is essentially a historical old town, set upon a crag (huge cliff-face) and is where William Wallace fought against England for Scotland’s independence. It was said at the time that “he who holds Stirling, holds Scotland”, so it’s a really important historic site with such a rich history – suffice to say we loved it!
Travelling Scotland by car is amazing as you can head off the beaten track at your very whim, which is exactly what we did, ending up in all sorts of tiny Scottish towns where we were greeted with open arms. We had to strain our ears to even understand some people, but as we were sitting in a tiny pub in Auchtenmuchty watching England play against Slovenia sipping a few pints we learned that football really is a universal language!
We also topped in a little place called Crieff today which is home to Scotland’s oldest whiskey distillery – it’s where Famous Grouse is made which you may have heard of. My highlight at the distillery was reading all about the distillery’s cat who lived for 24 years and caught over 29,000 mice in her time!
Tonight we’re in St Andrews which will impress all you golf fans out there, and for those that aren’t too fussed, you might be interested to note that it is one of the world’s oldest golf courses and home to this year’s British Open. It’s also a prestigious university town, which Prince William attended, and we’ve managed to time our visit perfectly with graduation. St Andrews is definitely Brad’s highlight so far (overall highlight even!) and we were lucky enough to be able to wander around the course, even stopping for a quick 18 holes of mini putt on the green, which you actually putt on the British Open course. Brad was beside himself!
It’s a really pretty place (although my personal favourite is still Stirling) and is bordered by huge white, sandy and rocky beaches.
Tomorrow we’re off up to Aberdeen, with plenty of sight-seeing along the way! We’ll also spend the morning exploring the ancient ruins of St Andrews cathedral which dates back to Roman times can you believe).
Love to all and will write again tomorrow!
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