Day 16: Glenprosen to Stirling
Km driven: 139
Km driven: 139
Having bought a "treasure ticket" combining the entrances to Blair Castle, Glamis Castle and Scone Palace, we went for the next visit at Glamis. Glamis Castle has turrets, winding stairs, ghosts (finally!), a walled garden, Highland cows, and could only be visited on a guided tour.
Scone Palace was less interesting, with a shorter visit: we escaped a guided tour in badly-accented French to fall into badly-translated guiding notes. An intriguing painting with two ladies, both named Elizabeth, cousins, but one a Mulatto, is at the center of an exhibition explaining who is Dido Elizabeth Lansay and what became of the natural daughter of a high-born sea captain and a slave. A movie, Belle, retracing her life was just launched in the UK.
The grounds are known for their free-ranging peacocks, and the star-shaped maze (which we successfully negotiated).
After arriving to our hostel in Stirling, we went out and had some delicious fish and chips, with Scottish beer and cider.
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