Ham and jam and spamalot
Categories: places
Tags: photos, castle, Doune Castle
Date: 11 March 2012 18:05:47
This afternoon we met up with friends and I finally managed to get to Doune Castle, which is only about 10 miles from where we live now, and which I have wanted to visit ever since moving to Scotland. Of course it is best known as the 
location for several scenes from 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail', which meant that we were able to wander round at our leisure, seeing the various film locations and (highly originally; I bet noone has ever done this before) 
quote random bits of the script in appropriate locations.
As you can see from the photos quite a lot of the castle is still intact and well preserved. Unfortunately there was scaffolding up one inside wall which meant that we couldn't go onto the ramparts where the French Taunters hurled their abuse at the poor knights, but there was still plenty to see. We also took a walk around the wider grounds, the River Forth and one of its tributaries surround two sides of the castle so we wandered down to where they met and back again. What a lovely day. There is my flickr set here (and more on facebook if you know me there).
It is a silly place. Run awaaay! etc.