Scottish Midlands

We had never heard of it before, but decided to visit The Falkirk Wheel, the world's first rotating boat lift, linking the Union, Forth and Clyde Canals. As an engineering marvel the wheel was super interesting to experience firsthand - the site even contains remains of the Antonine Wall!

Next, a bit of history: Stirling Castle and the Wallace Monument. Stirling Castle has been around for over 900 years and is surrounded by many battle grounds. In fact, Mary Queen of Scots was crowned here. We learned all about the Jacobites and Bonnie Prince Charlie. The Wallace Monument commemorates William Wallace who was portrayed by Mel Gibson in Braveheart.

We definitely wanted to take in a distillery tour so we chose Glenturret, the oldest distillery in Scotland. We were able to learn about how scotch whisky is made and enjoyed several wee drams of different types of single malt and blended whiskeys (Famous Grouse, Highland Park, Macallan, – we had a great time. That evening we stayed in Dalwhinnie which also has a terrific distillery. Robert took lots of great photos!