KELSO - Floors
Castle is visible from Kelso Bridge. The Castle is the largest inhabited
house in Scotland. The original house was a plain simple dwelling and
was re-designed by William Adam in the 1720's as a more grand dwelling
for John, 1st Duke of Roxburgh. William Playfair who remodelled it in
1849, added all the frills which can still be seen today. The splendid
entrance gates were erected in 1929 as a silver wedding gift from the
8th Duchess to her husband. On view within the Castle are many fine pieces
of French furniture from the 17th and 18th centuries. There are also pieces
of oriental and european porcelain. Within the grounds are fine walks
a walled garden, picnic areas and a garden centre and restaurant.
NORTH BERWICK
- Boat Trips and Sea-fishing trips are accessible from the harbour and
North Berwick Yacht Club runs sailing courses for all ages and standards.
Also very popular in the area is Diving, especially off May Island. The
East Lothian coastline has miles of beaches (Gullane, Tyninghame and Yellowcraigs
to name a few) with beautiful sand dunes, children just love it.
NEW
LANARK - New Lanark Heritage Centre is a restored 18th century cotton mill
village in the South of Scotland, near the Falls of Clyde and almost an
hour from Edinburgh and Glasgow. The village itself first became famous
when Robert Owen was the mill manager from 1800-1825. Robert Owen transformed
life in New Lanark with ideas and opportunities which were at least a hundred
years ahead of their time. Child labour and corporal punishment were abolished,
villagers were provided with decent homes, schools and evening classes,
free health care, and affordable food.
PERTH - Scone Palace
- is full of history like no other place in Scotland. Today it is the home
of the Earls of Mansfield and a premier attraction to visitors from all
over the world. Fifteen hundred years ago it was the capital of the Pictish
kingdom and the centre of the ancient Celtic church. Over many centuries
it has been the seat of parliaments and the crowning place of Kings. It
has housed the Stone of Destiny and been immortalised in Shakespeare’s
Macbeth.
INvERURIE
- The Malt Whisky Trail lies by the River Spey among the northern foothills
of the Grampians. Eight of the distilleries, and one cooperage, invite you
to tour the premises and find out about the process. The trail is about
70 miles long (110 km) and you can easily spend an hour in each distillery.
A guide will be available to take you around the distillery and share some
of the secrets of whisky production. At the end you will be invited for
a 'wee dram' in the distillery shop. If you plan to do the full tour and
have a taste for the malt, can we suggest you find a driver! Some of the
most famous distilleries include Royal Lochnagar, Fettercairn, Glenfiddich,
Cardhu, Balvenie and many more.
ABERFELDY - Aberfeldy
is a bustling small town built on the south side of the River Tay in Perthshsire.
It sits at the point where the road south to Crieff meets the east-west
road along the Tay valley and much of its growth is due to the first bridging
of the river here in 1733. Aberfeldy spills out in all directions from the
Square and offers visitors access to a range of shops, amenities and accommodation.
The town also has an industrial history ranging from cotton milling dating
back to 1799 to laundry and machine tool businesses in more recent times.
Today the most striking and for many the most interesting industrial heritage
revolves around distilling.
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