Today Sarah and I travelled to Glamis Castle. It was an extremely rainy day here. Sarah said she hasn't actually seen it this rainy in a really long time. We rode the bus into Glamis village and were trying to see out the windows at the beautiful landscape but this task was soon given up because the windows kept fogging up. When we got off at Glamis village we assumed that the castle would only be a short walk away. Well technically it was, at least the gate was. The castle ended up being down a driveway that was about a mile long. Now normally this would not be a huge problem but the rain added an extra element to our walk today. We were freezing and soaking wet the whole walk down but I must say it was worth it. Glamis castle is a fairy tale castle. It was gorgeous even in the rain. We went on a tour that only showed us a small portion of the castle because the one of the Lord Glamis uses the house as their current residence. Glamis castle was the birth place of the Queen Mother and there are many references to her and pictures of her throughout the castle parts that we saw. The castle is also supposedly haunted and there is a window that you can see on the outside of the castle that when you look through it all you see is a wall. It is said that one of the lords and a friend were playing cards and they played on into the sabbath sunday and the devil himself showed up and started closing in the walls of the room they were in until they were totally enclosed in. It is said that you can still see them every once and a while from that window today closed into the room. This castle was by far the coolest we've seen thus far I think. Some of the doors from rooms are hidden into the walls of the room, it makes it look like a secret passageway. I would've loved to be the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret playing around in this castle growing up. After the castle we headed back into Dundee and to the mall and I got a bigger air mattress to sleep on and then we headed back to St. Andrews for dinner and soon bed. Tomorrow we are planning on going to Loch Ness. I am hoping the weather gets some what better. If this rain continues I'm buying myself true Wellies (aka rainboots if you didn't know).
Love you All
~Heather
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Sounds like an incredibly amazing day. I can't wait to see your pictures as you tell me the stories around them. Sounds like you and Sarah are having a great time! You're not missing much here weather wise, it's cooler and supposed to be 62 and rainy on Fathers day. Oh joy. Dad has to work as usual so no biggie...I love you and so enjoy your posts. Keep up the great work? BTW, did you make contact with Catherine for Ireland? Love, Mom
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ReplyDeleteNo I haven't made contact yet with Catherine other than on here. I was kind of waiting for Margaret to let me know when she would be there but I might just contact Catherine tonight when we get back. I am having a great time. The weather is the same here cold and rainy. I'm really thinking I might need some Wellies. I might have to take my left toe ring off also because in shoes my toes are rubbing and I am getting a blister. We'll see though. Love you
Sounds like a great idea to me. Will you be able to pack them and bring them home. You could use them here too. Your toes are not used to being in shoes so I'm sure they are adjusting too. Taking off your toe ring makes perfect sense. Just don't misplace it...you know how hard I had to look for one, tee hee. gotta run to work, busy busy day again as well as tomorrow. Thank goodness the weekend is coming up. Love to you too! Mom
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