Today we visited the town of Stirling which apparently many many years ago was once the capital of Scotland now replaced by Edinburgh. En route we took a small detour to visit Dunblane.
Dunblane is quite a small town and is famous for two things one good and one bad.
The bad thing was that on 13 March 1996 a gunman, entered the Dunblane Primary school armed with four guns and killed sixteen children and one adult before committing suicide.
The good thing was when on 7 July 2013, Andy Murray, who was born here, won the Men's Singles tennis title at Wimbledon.
On entering the town there was a large banner on the wire of the tennis courts congratulating Andy on winning the title and on the courts, dozens of aspiring young champions banging tennis balls back and forth.
There wasn't a great deal to see in Dunblane so we continued to Stirling.
The city of Stirling is clustered around a large fortress and medieval old-town beside the River Forth. Historically it was strategically important as the "Gateway to the Highlands", with its position near the boundary between the Scottish Lowlands and Highlands.
It is actually the smallest Scottish city by population which numbers about 35,000 and in 2002 as part of Queens Elizabeth II Jubilee, it was granted city status. This provides no benefit whatsoever for the place except the kudos of being able to say that they are now a city.
Whilst there we visited Stirling Castle which is one of the largest and most important castles, both historically and architecturally, in Scotland. The castle sits on top of Castle Hill, a huge rock which forms part of the Stirling Sill geological formation. It is surrounded on three sides by steep cliffs, giving it a strong defensive position. It was a challenging walk to get up to it but the park and ride bus does go right up to the door.
The wall surrounding it goes for miles and if you have enough time and energy you can walk around it on the outside via the Back Walk. (We didn't).
After the castle we went to see this huge monument nearby. The monument is generally known as the Wallace Monument and stands on the summit of Abbey Craig. It commemorates Sir William Wallace, a 13th century Scottish hero.
We then went to check out the local shops before heading home to Crieff to visit a local factory outlet for Wedgewood and Waterford crystal
Dunblane is quite a small town and is famous for two things one good and one bad.
The bad thing was that on 13 March 1996 a gunman, entered the Dunblane Primary school armed with four guns and killed sixteen children and one adult before committing suicide.
The good thing was when on 7 July 2013, Andy Murray, who was born here, won the Men's Singles tennis title at Wimbledon.
On entering the town there was a large banner on the wire of the tennis courts congratulating Andy on winning the title and on the courts, dozens of aspiring young champions banging tennis balls back and forth.
There wasn't a great deal to see in Dunblane so we continued to Stirling.
The city of Stirling is clustered around a large fortress and medieval old-town beside the River Forth. Historically it was strategically important as the "Gateway to the Highlands", with its position near the boundary between the Scottish Lowlands and Highlands.
It is actually the smallest Scottish city by population which numbers about 35,000 and in 2002 as part of Queens Elizabeth II Jubilee, it was granted city status. This provides no benefit whatsoever for the place except the kudos of being able to say that they are now a city.
Whilst there we visited Stirling Castle which is one of the largest and most important castles, both historically and architecturally, in Scotland. The castle sits on top of Castle Hill, a huge rock which forms part of the Stirling Sill geological formation. It is surrounded on three sides by steep cliffs, giving it a strong defensive position. It was a challenging walk to get up to it but the park and ride bus does go right up to the door.
The wall surrounding it goes for miles and if you have enough time and energy you can walk around it on the outside via the Back Walk. (We didn't).
After the castle we went to see this huge monument nearby. The monument is generally known as the Wallace Monument and stands on the summit of Abbey Craig. It commemorates Sir William Wallace, a 13th century Scottish hero.
We then went to check out the local shops before heading home to Crieff to visit a local factory outlet for Wedgewood and Waterford crystal
Back Walk
Robert the Bruce
Statue of Robert Burns, "The Ploughman" Poet
William Wallace memorial
Lyn going into Carter's toy shop
This bloke appeared to have a major oil leak!
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