The last day in the Highlands

Today was a three castle day. It may take three pints to recover! It's the last day in the Highlands before we head toward Edinburgh with a stop in Linlithgow.

We headed East toward Stonehaven with our destination at Dunnottar Castle. The castle ruins sit on a point over looking the North Sea some 20 miles south of Aberdeen. The castle was built in the mid 1600s. It housed the Honours of Scotland during the siege of Cromwell in 1651. The Honours of Scotland included the Crown Jewels and the scepter.

It was a long walk down stairs and up stairs but once there the ruins were spectacular. Here you get a glimpse of the interior with ruins surrounding you on all sides.

Flat Ella was tired after the trek so she just climbed on one of the walls and sat down. She is actually getting in pretty good shape for a flat person.

The view from the Castle is spectacular. I can only imagine what it would have been like to wake every morning to these surroundings.

One last look at the North sea and the rugged coast and we were off in search of the next Castle.