Everything I know about Scottish history to this point I learnt from Braveheart, or from our mate Robin at Crichton Castle. Stirling Bridge was where William Wallace beat the English, although the movie forgot to mention a bridge. Stirling itself is right on the edge of the highlands, and it's said "he who controls Stirling, controls Scotland."
Highlights of the castle included the tapestries (This is a castle, isn't it? You have to have tapestries!) of a unicorn hunt, which are being painstakingly recreated from 15th century originals, in a multi-decade project.
We also got to sit in the chairs where the King and Queen would sit in the Great Hall, before the closing of the castle cut our day short.
Some backtracking was required as Calendar was out of goat-food, and then our trip continued towards the West Highlands.
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