Walking up the Royal Mile in the wind
The oldest building in the castle is St. Margaret's Chapel. A wedding party was leaving as we walked up.
In addition to all the official visits we did manage to fit in a little tourist activity on the weekend. These are just the places I visited as we split into smaller groups at different points.
Penny and Madge were the early arrivals and managed to get to Edinburgh Castle the first Saturday. I was along for some of the trip.
Walking up the Royal Mile in the wind |
The oldest building in the castle is St. Margaret's Chapel. A wedding party was leaving as we walked up. |
Anne, Margot Cameron-Jones and I went to Rosslyn Chapel, a family chapel that was originally to be part of a larger catherdral. It is throught that the original owner was a Knight of the Templar. If you have read The DaVinci Code it appears at the end (something I didn't know until I visited the chapel). The chapel is covered with carvings on almost every square inch. The chapel is currently being renovated and has a cover over the top so that you can walk on the scaffolding around the towers. After lunch we went walking a bit in the Pentland Hills just south of Edinburgh.
 Chapel from the catwalk |
 Pillar carving |
 Green man carving
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 Rossyln Chapel
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 The Seven Sins |
 Chapel ceiling |
 Apprentice's column |
 Carving in arches |
 Pentlands |
 Pentland Hills |
 Margot and Eileen |
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Four of us spent Saturday on a road trip to Perth, Dunkeld and then down through the mountains. We started at the Caithness Glass Factory and then went to an exhibit of Scottish colorists, J.D. Fergusson and Samuel Peploe. As a bonus, there was a display of the metalwork of a young artist who won the art gallery's award (Jim Bond). Many of these actually moved when you walked past them.
 Jim Bond sculpture
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 J.D. Fergusson Gallery, Perth |
 Sculpture coming apart
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 Dunkeld Cathedral |
 Sherry, Eileen and Ella in Dunkeld |
 Fisherman in Dunkeld |
 Bridge in Dunkeld
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 Getting in a little shopping at Caithness Glass Factory |