The Harbour at Stonehaven

After visiting Dunnottar Castle we went down to the harbour area in Stonehaven for a bite to eat.  When you go to a eat in an establishment in a harbour area you expect great fresh fish and we were not disappointed with The Ship Inn.  The place was really busy and they have a superb menu choice, we all plumped for fish and chips except for youngest who had soup and a crayfish open sandwich.  The fish was delicious, fresh and perfectly cooked.

Dunnottar Castle

Today we had a trip up the east coast to Dunnottar Castle, just before you reach Stonehaven.  I have been wanting to visit this castle after being told by regular guests how wonderful it was and once again it is a place I have never visited - it is only an hour away.  Unfortunately we chose a bit of a dreich day to go and typically it started to clear up towards the end of our visit.  I took far too many photos so have cut it down to a selection - a definite must visit in Scotland.

Black Watch Museum at Balhousie Castle

I'm probably a bit guilty of continually promoting the outdoors on my blog so today for a change I took the children to visit The Black Watch Museum at Balhousie Castle in Perth.  I have many guests who have been and they have all enjoyed their visit.

There are room after room of 'memorabilia' going through the entire history of The Black Watch and all the wars, it is extremely interesting and gives you a real insight into the past and up to the current day.  I would highly recommend a visit if you are in Perth.

Off the beaten track at Drimmie Wood

I quite often take the faithful hound for a walk up to Drimmie Wood and have blogged about it before, but today I walked down to three little lochans in the valley which you may easily miss if you were on the main pathway.  Great day for wildlife, red squirrels, heron, whooper swans, deer and buzzards were the tally for today and all this just outside of Blairgowrie.