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Days seven and eight 19 & 20 June 2023

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Day seven Monday 19th Early start for our run ashore we are taking a trip that involves a coach trip. After breakfast we assembled in the theatre then we went to the dock yard and boarded a coach that drove us to Stirling. On arrival we had choice of either visiting the castle or the town. We chose the castle and as members of English Heritage we were admitted in free. It was a very interesting place. We learned a great deal about the history of the castle, Ranging from William Wallace and the battle of Stirling, through Mary Queen of Scots, Jacobite rebellion to its use as a barrack for National Service soldiers as recent as the 1950s It’s now under the care of Heritage Scotland ( hence our free admission) who have gone to great lengths to restore the place back to its former splendour. We had a very interesting walking tour with interesting explanations of all the eras it covered.  We left Stirling and drove to Falkirk to have a short canal trip and experience the Falkirk Wheel....
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