Saturday we picked up the Sisters at 8:30 and headed to Glamis
Castle.
The castle is beautiful
and parts of it are some of the oldest still standing and not in ruins. The family took the middle of the road
approach on most issues and so was never attacked. The same family still own the 40,000 acres it
sits on today and some live in the biggest part of the castle and yet we saw
lots of rooms. It is very large. Hopefully Bill was able to capture the
grandeur of the castle from the outside as no photography is allowed
inside.
Outside was a chestnut tree that
has been living since the 1700’s that is one of the most unusual trees I have
ever seen. The branches grew down and
many were lying on the ground. The
grandchildren would love to play on it and in it. It really was remarkable.
We saw the author of
Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie’s birthplace, and found out that he was just like our grandchildren. When growing up, he was always making up
plays for he and his friend to put on for the neighborhood friends to come and
see in the public wash house and charging them 2 marbles, a top, or other small
toy as an entrance fee. Which of you
will go on to be a great author and play writer some day?
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| Flat Lily even got in on the action with Captain Hook and Peter Pan |
Camera Obscura was the last place we visited. It was amazing. It is a room like a kaleidoscope. It has an opening at the top with a camera
lens and mirrors on the side in a triangular shape. The image from outside is reflected on a
round flat wood table painted white that had the appearance of being bowl
shaped. The operator turned a wheel that
turned the mirror and we saw the landscape outside. On a clear day, you could see distances as
far away as 77 miles. We could see the
road we drove up on, people out walking in the village we had just been in, and
everything else. There are only 5 in
Scotland and maybe only 3 of those still being used.
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