Last year I went to Stirling Castle with mother. But they had a large portion of the castle closed off for renovation work. Recently it was re-opened, with magnificent royal chambers, restored to the splendour of earlier times - James V of Scotland (Mary, Queen of Scots' father). I was really looking forward to seeing this.
It was a fiercely windy day, and the place was quite crowded, but Katie and I had a good time.
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Wind-blown Katie! |
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The new refurbished chambers! |
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This is how it looked in the time of James V. They had skilled craftsmen reproduce these heads and then they were painted and mounted on the ceiling! |
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The desk in the queen's bedchamber! |
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The bed |
Ooh, that looks lovely! I'm glad you had a good time!
ReplyDeleteOh man! I love Stirling! And that restoration stuff is friggin awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteWow! That ceiling is crazy--never imagined it would look quite like that. Wind-blown Katie--AWESOME!!
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