Tag: Glasgow

  • Friday 11 February 2000 Highlights: Edinburgh Castle, Scottish Crown Jewels, Underground vaults We got into Edinburgh just before 12 noon and managed to find a reasonable hostel that wasn’t on our map. Today we visited Edinburgh Castle, one time residence of the Scottish Kings and almost always a Royal Stronghold.  The Castle is situated on…

  • Thursday 10 February 2000 Highlights: City Chambers, Stirling’s Library, Glasgow Cathedral, St Mungo’s Museum of Religious Life and Art, People’s Palace Had a very interrupted night’s sleep as one of our room mates was sick and coughing all night.  The dorm beds were also very hard. Anyway we started the day with a visit to…

  • Wednesday 9 February 2000 Highlights: Carlisle Castle After an excellent night’s sleep in the B&B we headed for Carlisle Castle.  The Castle is till in use by the local government and the inner section was still used by the army until the 1970s.  Carlisle Castle dates from 1093 and is perhaps most famous for holding…