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Saturday : Sunny
Had our breakfast and checked out of the hostel. We stopped at a shop to pick up some lunch then we left Aviemore and headed for Balmoral castle. Its where the Queen comes for her summer holidays. The roads took us high up through treeless mountains, and paced through a number of ski fields. I was thinking of coming Up here during winter, but instead we went to Iceland. The areas that we saw would be a good place for beginners I think, not too steep and no trees. I just wonder how busy it gets and how much it rains.
We couldn't see the castle, just the guards. The castle was in the centre of Cairngorms National Park and looked to be surrounded by forests and the nice River Dee. We then set the GPS to St. Andrews, to have a look at the home of golf. It was a very nice drive down and out of the NP we drove through lots valleys and forests.
St. Andrews is a beautiful seaside town, and according to our guide book it's not really worth a visit because there's not much to see, except some cathedral ruins. (Which looked good) Well that's doesn't mean it's not worth a visit lonely planet! We didn't Know that the Women's British open was on too, so the town was very busy. We wanted to find a park and walk along the beach beside the course, but that seemed impossible. There were no spots to park the car and lots of streets and footpaths were closed off to the public. We did find a park at the other end of town behind the ruins, and just had a break listening to a bagpipe player by the sea.
After St. Andrews we went to Stirling where we would be spending the night. After getting settled in at our hotel with self cleaning bathrooms! What The! We went to Stirling castle. Which like Edinburgh castle it is on top of a hill and had some very good views. Beside the castles there was a graveyard and for some reason if they look good we cant resist walking through them. We then went for a walk about town which was nice but was surprisingly dead for a saturday, still we stopped off for a pint of cider to relax.
Back at the hotel we booked some more accommodation and got cleaned up and had some dinner before bed, We were knackered today.
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