Scone Palace Perth

Hopped on the train to Perth today. Headed to the visitor center for the list of which attractions were open in town and how to get around. They were extremely helpful. That is one thing I do like about the UK - they have visitor information centers everywhere and the people are really very helpful. They told me it was an hour walk up the hill to …

... .  And it was given to a man who once saved the kings life and from there it has been passed down the line.  Scone Castle is important as it was the original home of the Scone Stone aka the Stone of Destiny!  This is a big square stone ...

... ....nice day. we then checked out and made our way north to find a labarynth dad was interested in checking out at the Scone palace...aparently there are only a few of these types of mazes through scotland and for those of you that don't know dad has ...

... was a grouse.    After taking the ferry back, we needed to continue north.  By this point we already didn't have time to stop at Scone Palace if we wanted a chance to ride the Cairngorm Mountain Railway. So we sped north up the A9. ...

... with it to England where it was stored in Westminster Abbey until very recently.  The stone is now housed in Edinburgh Castle. Toured Scone Palace and spoke with the docents in each room.  It was windy AGAIN and raining off and on.  In the ...

... their house and slept in the Coachman's Cottage The next few day were spent sight seeing in and around the Perth area. We went to Scone Palace where all the king of Scotland have been corrinated. We also went to the small town of Pitlochry and toured ...

... culture shock with crowds of people and Saturday shoppers. Having collected Anne from the station we made our way to the excellent Scone Palace campsite. Tomorrow Anne will be walking with us for the last day of this section to Dunkeld. We spent the ...

... down the rail today.  It being Sunday, there was no train going there until mid-day.  Our targeted destination was Scone Palace, in Perth.  We have British Heritage Passes which get us into some places free - this was one of them.  ...

... and relative to what we have experienced warm! Who would have believed it, that the best weather of the trip would be found in Scotland. Tomorrow another day exploring the area around Stirling and hopefully Scone Palace. It's good night from me to ...

... . It was a bit too Disneyland-ish for us, so we bailed, and headed to Perth, our destination for the night. Perth is famous for The Scone Palace, which is not, as I had hoped, a cream puff emporium.  It is a Scottish baronial home and castle, and a ...

... his back to the congregation the way Catholic priests did before the second Vatican Council. After that it was off to Scone Palace, where Scottish Kings have been crowned for centuries and where the Murray family (the Earl and Countess of Mansfield ...