I'm terrible at blogging. It's been a few months, but hey, we hibernate in Scotland. It's cold, rainy, snowy and dark. However, finally the sun and springtime flowers are coming out and the weather actually broke 10 degrees (50F)! Everyone is excited. You can tell people are dusting off their semi-spring clothes - brighter and more floral - and tend to be out and about more.
It's also been six months since we went on a little sightseeing adventure. Saturday was exceptionally sunny, so we jumped in Ralphie with our Historic Scotland members' card in hand and headed to Castle Campbell near Dollar. It was pretty good actually, despite the requisite scaffolding that seems to be everywhere in the UK.
This is a 15th century castle and had some cool features: the stone urinal and ceiling masks to hold lanterns being favourites. But it's built in a spectacular location. There are a few deep crevasses where streams flow. They were moving swiftly since the snow there has been melting. We could still see snow, too, on the hills. While taking the path back to the car, we followed one of the streams and saw moss everywhere and a few critters as well (shrews perhaps?).
