Glamis and Scone

Had a culture day today by visiting Glamis Castle, a 50min drive away, then Scone Palace, just round the corner.

 Glamis was on my bucket list because of its MacBeth location and I was the lighting technician for the High Pavement school play many, many years ago. Duncan was supposedly murdered here but it turns out that Shakespeare's history was not so good because the castle was not built until 300 years after the murder.Even so it was an entertaining guided tour and the grounds were nice too. Forgot to mention that the Queen Mother and Princess. Margaret were born here.

Back to Scone which is the site where all the kings of Scotland were crowned. The famous Stone of Scone has also been used for all UK monarchs since Edward 1 stole the stone and installed it in Westminster Abbey. Its now back in Edinburgh Castle until it's needed again - SNP permitting? Lot to see in the grounds for me, while Rosemary did the relatively new palace.

It's been wall to wall sunshine yet again but with a bit of breeze. It was funny watching the Scone peacocks trying to walk cross wind with all that tail behind them! Needless to say we had tea and a cream scone at Scone.