16th September 2021 – 229 miles travelled
First leg of today’s journey was a short one, back onto the M6 and up the road to Tebay services to visit the farm shop, which we have been watching on the TV recently. Was a little disappointed with the range of jams and the cheese counter seemed smaller and not as well marked, Gavin did manage to get a couple of ewe’s milk cheeses though. We also picked up some nice rolls and Kendal mint cake to take back for my dad.
From there it was a long stretch up the M6, over the boarder into Scotland, couple of stops for expensive fuel to Doune Castle. The castle is famous as a filming location for Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Game of Thrones and Outlander. There is work being done on the castle so it’s not open to the public at the moment but you can walk around and see the outside. The sun came out as we pulled into the car park and we took a stroll around and got a few photo’s.
From Doune castle we drove through Callander onto Edinample Falls but wasn’t able to get to the falls itself so continued on to Perth for our overnight stop.
Tonight we stayed at Monart Apartment in Perth which had a fish and chip shop in walking distance so that was dinner sorted.