Rosslyn and Stirling

Today we went east towards Edinburgh - first to the south to Rosslyn...conspiracy, theory, beauty or mystery, this place is one of the most gaudy, overwrought Chapels I've seen... they have enough information posted around to help you discover the charms on your own.

The chapel has been wet-rotting for the last couple hundred years, so the recent conservation efforts have been to erect a superstructure above it to enable them to dry it out - then they will start to work on the actual preservation of the interior, roof and structure. Hence, the weird juxtaposition of steel and stone.

After a nice tourabout, we hit the road for Stirling Castle, north of E-burgh... it has been the primary Castle in Scotland's history - near Bannockburn, home of the Kings, visiting place of Rob Roy and Robert the Bruce, and very well kept, presented and preserved. The Castle sits high on a natural lava outcropping, and commands a vista over the former play-, hunting- and wargrounds of Scotland's past.

Let the pictures tell the tale, and haste ye back... here are a few photos of the nieces in action included, to give you a taste of day to day life in the Castle.