5/19/12 day 24: Invergorden, Scotland

Escorted a tour to Dunrobin Castle today. Its about a 50 minute drive from the boat. Drove past Glen Morangie Distillery, and many pastures of sheep and cattle and hills of brown heather. The weather is brisk, but thankfully not windy. I think it said 9 degrees Celsius, but lots of blue sky and sun. Overhearing many locals talk about how warm it is today! Wearing a wool hat and scarf. Quite a change from our sunny days in Italy.

At the castle I first checked out the gardens and while there watched a demonstration on falconry. We watched and learned about hawks, falcons, and one badass
Owl. The trainer had the birds swooping over the crowd. It was cool. Then took a self guided tour through the castle, the oldest bits date back to the 14th century. It was pretty impressive. Would've snapped some shots inside but it's a no no and I like to follow the rules whenever possible. Gonna try to persuade the tour guide to drop me off at the distillery on the way home though. Have a short night of music tonight because there is a big performance by the band, dancers, and other singers called Rock The Boat. It's like a rock revue. The other singers and dancers on the ship are great. Can't wait to be an audience member for once! In the meantime, gonna sit outside the castle and try to absorb what could very well be the last direct sun we see for a while.

Passed the hometown of Donald Ross (Dornoch, Scotland) for all you golf enthusiasts and a golf course where golf has been played since the 1600s. That my friends, is old school, caddy shack style.