Today was a rather relaxed day. We left at about 9AM after breafast for the 90minute drive from Dailly to Stirling. There we visitied the Old Town Jail, a Victorian jail built in the early 1800's when prison reform in Scotland started. It was a most interesting experience, made so by the tour guide who acted out various parts, all with perfect accents, although he was from Glasgow. Then we went to the castle, which is almost like a smaller version of Edinburgh Castle, and then for a walk around the village.
Then it was then about 2.30PM and the kids were complaining about being hungry, so we found a park below the castle called King's Park, where we had a cream tea - we managed to find clotted cream and pre-made scones at the supermarket. Not quite as good, but that way we were able to make pigs of ourselves and have 3 scones each. The flask and cooler bag that we bought when we arrivesd in Bedford have served us really well up to now.
I was a bit tired after that so Jeanette drove us home. It was the first time that she has driven any distance anywhere other than in South Africa and did really well followingthe Satnav.
We arrived home just before 6 tonight(somewhat earlier than previous nights) in order to pack up our possesions, which have grown somewhat in volume and weight for the trip down to Kerri and Al tomorrow, which we are looking forward to.
It is only about a 4 hour drive, but we will be up and off early in the morning as we are going to stop at Bowness on Lake Windermere for a cruise on a steam boat, and then an interesting drive on the way down.
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