Edinburgh Castle

by | Jul 7, 2012 | Travel

Edinburgh Castle was on the “list” and we were leaving in the morning for Kinlochleven so it was now or never. For some reason they built castles on the highest point they could find! Cobblestone is not easy to traverse either.

Edinburgh Castle Scotland

We scrambled to main entrance just before it closed.

Edinburgh Castle, Scotland

I’d heard about the Dog Cemetery in Edinburgh Castle and it is worthy of a video.

The Great Hall was impressive. I especially liked the gun spinner.  (No that is not its official name, I just made that up!)

All the gory details of our Scotland Trip….

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