Super Castle Party Day

We have seen many, many castles. The famous intact ones like Eilean Donan and Inverary and Cawdor and the famous castle ruins like Urquhart, but I think my favorites were the ones we saw on Super Castle Party Day. It's hard to take good pictures of castle ruins. They're much more impressive in person. We saw four castles on this particular day. AND we ate dinner on the beach with a view of the island that was the inspiration for Treasure Island.

This is the Coordinatrix at Dirleton Castle, where her people once lived. We tried to visit on Holy Island day, but it was closed and we couldn't manage to breach the fortifications (though we tried). Fortunately, SAZ was willing to come back and drive us around the next day. The most notable thing in this picture (to me) is that you can see the Coordinatrix's growing warm weather gear collection. She's purchased three jackets, a scarf, and a blanket since entering Great Britain. All solely for warmth, not as souvenirs. Dirleton Castle was my favorite.

This is Tantallon Castle, which has an amazing view out to Bass Rock. It's built right on the coast and is six stories high.

We visited 3 cemeteries on Super Castle Party Day. I can't get enough of the relief work on some of them. Last night I visited a cemetery in Edinburgh (where Adam Smith is buried) and there was a great marker that noted that the dead man had been a bassoonist and adventurer.

Don't the skulls on these look sort of alien-like?

Argh, matey.

Meta came too. EVERYBODY loves the metadog. She got loved up everywhere we went.