Scotland 2013

Stag on the Isle of Mull

I spent the half term holiday with the kids in Scotland. We visited various places, the stag we spotted almost at dusk on the Isle of Mull on/near the Maclean ancestral home not far from the Duart castle itself.

This time of the year though many of the castles are closed we checked out Culzean Castle gardens and the orchards.The leaves have changed color and when its dry its great, not surprisingly not loads of people about. The glass houses still had grapes in them. In the orchards lots of lichen on the trees. Lots of clean air then.

Grapes in Culzean

Orchard at Culzean

A couple of highlights of the trip included a art exhibition in Ayr which ends in a couple of days but the place it was at held Maclaurin was great for the paintings it had a great cafe, and gallery. The university of Dundee gardens were lovely however the weather was a little wet, so we ended up on Dundee Law  which is a hill at the top of Dundee eating Dundee cake. Magic views from the top. I will have to visit Dundee botanical gardens again, as the weather was so very wet. I did manage a chat with one of the experts that was around.

Dundee Botanic gardens