So this past weekend I went to Stirling. And for those of you who don’t know about Stirling, all you need to know is that it has a castle and William Wallace’s Monument. Thats right – we’re really getting into the Braveheart Scotland now.
In the distance there’s freedom.
We had a quick look around the Castle and also made a trip over to Wallace’s Monument, but we ultimately were headed for the Highlands…
The castle was nice – and well, castley. We opted out of the tour because of time, so I don’t know too much about this castle. But I’m sure some important things happened here.
As you can see from the first picture, Wallace’s Monument was just in the distance, we dove to it (by the by, those of you who do choose to visit Stirling, I recommend having a cute Scottish guy drive you there, or at least someone with a car)
You get to climb to the top of the Monument – all 247 stairs. Its winding, its closed in, its dizzying. But there are some fun stops along the way – like WILLIAM WALLACE’S HUGE SWORD. Well, I don’t think it was his actual sword, in fact I know its not. But it was fun to take a picture by it.
(its a replica)
Finally a bit winded, and met with more cold freezing wind, we reached the top. There were some incredible views.
View at the top
We then got in the car and just drove. I didn’t really know where we were going, just to the Highlands. The most exciting thing that happened is that we came across some Highland Cattle. They are really shaggy, and some look like longhorns. But as I approached them to take an awesome picture of them and how they all were just staring at the camera facing me, they decided to suddenly ALL runaway and ruin my picture.
Action Shot
We pretty much drove for about an hour and half, stopped at a loch on the side of the road, ate some crackers then drove back to Glasgow. So in short I’m going to have to do the Highlands again. And maybe get out and walk a bit more next time. But at least I had this to look at during the drive.
