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castles blog posts
The lost tower of Rakestonleis
The three castles of Tolibothwell
A dreich day of Dumfriesshire castles
Tweed Valley walks and Elibank Castle
Red squirrels at Eskrigg Reserve (and some castles)
Old and new Comiston Houses
Cycling along Silverknowes Esplanade in Edinburgh
Birnam Hill and Rohallion Castle
Castle Menzies and the Old Kirk of Weem
Culcreuch Castle Hotel and classic cars
Bracklinn Falls & Auchenlaich chambered cairn
Andy Warhol exhibition at the Scottish Parliament
Culzean Castle and country park
Scone Palace and the Tayside beavers
Castles around Biggar
Exploring the Carmichael estate
More castles and Pictish stones
Castles and Pictish stones in the north of Scotland
Winton House open day
Castles around Falkland in Fife
Walking around the Gladhouse reservoir
Organic goodness in the Borders
Contrasting castles on a chilly day
Two precarious ruined castles
Dirleton Castle and gardens
The Fringe Festival comes to Edinburgh
Thirlestane Castle and gardens
Cockburnspath Tower and Cove Harbour
The Haining estate in Selkirk
Antiquities west of Edinburgh
Exploring the Marchmont Estate
Hermitage of Braid and Blackford Hill
Dunipace Castle and the Hills of Dunipace
Castle hotels in Midlothian
Friendly and unfriendly castles in Fife
A seal in the sea at Seafield Tower
Redhall House and Redhall Castle in Edinburgh
Autumnal colours at Dalhousie Castle
Lochend Park and castle in Edinburgh
Full-on tourist mode in Edinburgh and Fife
World War Z film set in Glasgow (and two castles)
Dunbar harbour and castle
Gullane beach, and castles on the way home
Cycling on the Tweed Walk
Cairns Castle and Harperrig Reservoir
Yester Castle and the Goblin Ha’
Craigentinny House and Ewan McGregor
Two castles and a country house in East Lothian
Lauriston Castle and the Edinburgh – Kyoto Friendship garden
A pair of castles on the River Tweed
Baby squirrels at Callendar House
Hill of Tarvit and Scotstarvit Tower
Wet and windswept antiquities in Berwickshire
Castles and a broch in Central Scotland
Historic Corstorphine
A quick tour of Perthshire
Kilspindie Castle and Aberlady Bay nature reserve
The remains of two castles in Edinburgh
A wet weekend in West Wemyss
A doocot, a castle and a beach in East Lothian
A pair of educational castles in Edinburgh
A grey walk in North Berwick
Castle-hunting in Fife
A pair of castles, a fort and a beach in East Lothian
Ruthven Barracks near Kingussie
Christmas in the Highlands
November snow in Edinburgh and East Lothian
Rosslyn Castle and Rosslyn Chapel
Inveraray Castle and standing stone
A quick tour of four castles in Lanarkshire
Jousting at Linlithgow Palace and three castles in Edinburgh
Two ruins on the Penicuik estate
Two ancient chapels and a castle in Perthshire
Drummond Castle Gardens and Ardoch Roman fort
Edzell Castle and Claypotts Castle in Angus
Garden of Cosmic Speculation plus castles
A beach and castles on May Day
Kinneil House and Torphichen Preceptory
Three castles in Kinross-shire and Fife
Two lesser-visited castles in Perthshire
Melrose Abbey in the Scottish Borders
Castle Campbell in Dollar Glen
Dirleton Castle in East Lothian
Investigating Grange House
Edinburgh Castle on St. Andrew’s Day
A whistle-stop tour of Scotland
A journey north via Urquhart Castle
Doune Castle
Related pages
Dirleton Castle in East Lothian
Kinneil House and Torphichen Preceptory
A quick tour of four castles in Lanarkshire
Christmas in the Highlands
Castles and a broch in Central Scotland
Yester Castle and the Goblin Ha’
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