After our wonderful stay on Orkney we drove
down the middle of Scotland, and spent a few days in the Highlands. We stayed
at Dornoch, and visited Dunrobin Castle and Glenmorangie Distillery.
By this stage we felt pretty much at home
in Scotland. We’d been to a couple of distilleries (I’m not a Scotch drinker so
I can’t tell you much about that) and we had eaten out quite a bit (very good
seafood), and I suppose we’d also got used to the oldness of it all (I mean
that in a good way – history you know), the changeable skies, the scones
(excellent) and the friendly people.
The afternoon at Dunrobin Castle was
particularly good. I realised there would be a limited number of castles I
could drag Luke through, so there weren’t many planned for the trip. But this
one was close, and it had a falconry display.
Actually there were a number of different
birds of prey in the falconry demonstration, including a European Eagle Owl
that sat right next to me (this may have been the absolute highlight of my
trip). All the birds are rescue birds and there was a good environmental
message attached to the display. It was really worthwhile. The birds were
stunning, and extremely clever.
The castle itself and the gardens were
beautiful, there was a bagpiper outside and a fire downstairs, it felt well run
and interesting. Interesting historically, but also interesting in seeing how
other people live. I guess that’s why we do it – a window into a world we don’t
inhabit.
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