Today was mostly about
doing business as I needed to get to my bank in Grangemouth and do various
other personal things for my trip to the USA. Rained most of today
but I did try and take some photographs as Stirling is only around 1.5
hours from Pitlochry so a day out in Stirling is certainly an obvious
trip.
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As you can see this was not a very nice day so
this was about the best I could do to get pictures of Stirling Castle and
the Wallace Monument
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And after taking the picture of the Wallace
visitors centre it was off to the Ochil Hills
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So this is us through the four main hillfoot
towns of Menstrie, Alva, Tillicoultry and Dollar
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And these last few pictures are of Dollar
Academy where I used to go to school and of the old Dewar House where I
was a border for some seven years. That's the dark stone house towards the
centre right of the picture. It's since been sold and is now a bed
and breakfast
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And these final three pictures are me having a
bar lunch at the Leapark Hotel in Grangemouth with Ranald McIntyre and
David Bolton
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Thought I'd just include this picture of the
Forth Rail Bridge that was sent into me by John Henderson |