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andrewduckerLike Joe I live right by Stirling castle. Due to this being the Jubilee weekend, they had events on Saturday and Sunday, and so I wandered up the hill with Erin.
We wandered through the castle (which Erin hadn't been to before, despite having lived Stirling-side for 4 years at university), looking at the faux-medieval stalls, selling all kinds of cool looking medieval style nonsense - everything from tapestries to leather work (we watched a man hammer out letters onto a leather wrist-strap, using a hammer and a some metal letter-stamps). All very cool.
We then took in some actual events, including a Witch Trial (we left early, because there were far too many people - everyone loves a witch trial - and we couldn't really see or hear anything), a battle scene (some nice weapons, but generally not that impressive) and a harpist (who was really rather good. I love watching people play musical instruments close up at the best of times, and she had a lovely voice to go with it. She played a couple of traditional songs ("Loch Lomond" - where she explained the historical origins of the song and The Skye Boat Song) and then followed it up with something more modern to demonstrate the harp's versatility (Killing Me Softly).
We then went for a wander around the castle grounds for a bit longer, taking in the various gardens, before the rain closed in and we ran for home. All in all it was a rather nice afternoon out, and if the weather's nice tomorrow we're going to go again, and just see what we can find in the castle.
We wandered through the castle (which Erin hadn't been to before, despite having lived Stirling-side for 4 years at university), looking at the faux-medieval stalls, selling all kinds of cool looking medieval style nonsense - everything from tapestries to leather work (we watched a man hammer out letters onto a leather wrist-strap, using a hammer and a some metal letter-stamps). All very cool.
We then took in some actual events, including a Witch Trial (we left early, because there were far too many people - everyone loves a witch trial - and we couldn't really see or hear anything), a battle scene (some nice weapons, but generally not that impressive) and a harpist (who was really rather good. I love watching people play musical instruments close up at the best of times, and she had a lovely voice to go with it. She played a couple of traditional songs ("Loch Lomond" - where she explained the historical origins of the song and The Skye Boat Song) and then followed it up with something more modern to demonstrate the harp's versatility (Killing Me Softly).
We then went for a wander around the castle grounds for a bit longer, taking in the various gardens, before the rain closed in and we ran for home. All in all it was a rather nice afternoon out, and if the weather's nice tomorrow we're going to go again, and just see what we can find in the castle.
