May 21 Stirling

We woke to yet another beautiful morning. We are staying in Edinburgh for the next 3 nights but can't get into the camp until after 1 pm so we decided to head north to Stirling which is about a 40 minute drive away. We found a Park and Ride on the outskirts of town and caught the bus into town. Stirling is a lovely place with so much history and a bloody great big hill with a castle on the top. Fortunately the bus got us about halfway up the hill and we then walked to the castle. We bought tickets and were lucky enough to catch a tour with a guide called Pat who was very entertaining and informative.
After the tour we walked back down to the old town for a wander around and ended up having a very nice lunch in a Chinese restaurant. I bought a couple of spanners in case the urge struck me to fix the flat tyre on Gaye's bike and we then caught the bus back to the motorhome.
From Stirling it was a 60 minutes to our camp in Edinburgh although we added to that with a wrong turn that took a while to sort out. On the way we passed the 3 Forth Bridges which are all over 2.5 kilometres long and were opened in 1890, 1964 and 2017. Very impressive.
On our way down the motorway to Edinburgh there were signs on the motorway warning of an orange level weather event approaching so we got set up in the camp and settled in for the night.Read more