Monday 23 June 2008

Fordyce Castle for sale

Fordyce Castle in Scotland is for sale at £800,000. The castle also comes with a barony title, entitling the owner to call himself the Baron of Fordyce , not to be confused with Bruce the baron of Forsyth .  
The castle is on sale at offers over £800,000, and comes with the option of a four- and five-star self-catering holiday letting business.

Thomas Menzies, former lord provost of Aberdeen, built the pocket-sized castle in 1592. In castle-speak it is a “three-storey L-plan tower house with corbelled stair tower”, and is well supplied with shot holes through which to fire upon besieging enemies.

Friday 20 June 2008

Eilean Donan castle

The Telegraph has named its top 25 camp sites in the UK.

In at number 18 is the  Shiel Bridge Campsite, Glenshiel, Kyle of Lochalsh, Ross-shire, Highlands 
Lying in the crevice of Glen Shiel, surrounded by the Five Sisters of Kintail and the Forcan Ridge, this is a place for in some of the world’s most dramatic scenery. There’s also Eilean Donan Castle a few miles away, if you have small ones to entertain.
 This area is fantastic place for photography