Culzean Castle

The first day in Ary we went to Culzean castle. It was supposed to rain so we figured an indoor venue would be a good idea. Turns out it was a lovely day. But it was still good.

I love this lamp

As with most older castles, the previous tenants loved their weapons. This one apparently has the largest collections in Scotland. 

And an odd Crocodile umbrella stand. As you do.

And of course no castle is complete without at least one grand castle.

Mom being Royal

We kept seeing these weird ornament around the rooms, often on either side of the chimney place. I was hoping they were the handle to open secret rooms. Turns out to more 'rich people' than that. One of the them was a bell to ring down to the servants quarters. The other side was put there to be symmetric and look good (I am still not sure why they didn't make them both bells - I imagine many a poor servant got an earful for not appearing then the 'Master' pulled the wrong one.)

This lot even had a bath/shower combo in one of the rooms. Though we couldn't quite figure out how the shower bit worked - there were dials for it but we couldn't see where the water actually came out. 

The best babies cradle.

Pretty good view.

It was here Mom and Dad continued with their fun Scottish experience - man in kilt with bagpipes. We could hear him playing throughout most of the castle.

And Dad and I found some ruins so play about being artistic.

Thankfully after the first night we had no more disturbances from the police. On the Sunday we headed to Troon for a walk but despite the reviews I read, there was nothing much to see. We did had a very nice Spanish Tapas Sunday lunch which was very different to what Mom and Dad would normally eat thought not very Scottish. We had a walk and a quiet day as on the Monday we were travelling up to the Highlands and it looked like quite a drive.