Not surprisingly, we didn’t actually make it to Arran today – something about not being able to actually see the island itself let alone the particular hill that we wanted to climb. So we slept on…..
And eventually got everyone up and about and we were ready to go…. but where? To Culzean castle, a castle and stately home I hadn’t visited since I was about 10. The kids (minus Duncan) did a gorge walk on the property while the rest of us toured the castle and learned all about the family that held the title to the castle for hundreds of years before death duties made it necessary to turn the property into a national monument.
After the tour, we made a stop in Monkton at cousin Susan’s house and chatted about her recent holiday in Italy and compared that to our experience in Spain (no comparison really!) But then it was back to Barassie for our last night with my family before heading to see the Cannon clan. A bottle of Prosecco started the evening and it was all down hill from there…
Three things we noticed today:
- It rains in Scotland. A lot. Not that we didn’t know this but once you’ve had a while day with blazing sunshine and no rain, you forget that the default is for grey skies and drizzle.
- Even when it rains, the Scots don’t hide inside. They would spend all their lives indoors if they did.
- Supermarkets are they as similar as they are different. For everything you find in an obvious place in this market, you’ll find an equal number of oddly placed items in the next shop.
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