Albion Gould
Always searching for adventure and thread.
Aberdour Castle is located in Fife, just over the water from Edinburgh. Parts of it could be Scotland’s oldest standing castle with later additions added. If you’re a fan of Outlander, you’ll recognize it from the first season. Spending a day at Aberdour Castle is a worthy day trip from Edinburgh and an experience you …
There are so many reasons I love exploring Scotland, but one of my favourites is that you can go almost anywhere and learn a super detailed and varied history. We have visited Dundee a handful of times since we moved to Edinburgh (it takes less than 1.5 hours by train) and it’s easy to come …
As much as I absolutely love Edinburgh (and I really do!), there are so many day trips outside the city that are worth exploring whether you live here or are visiting. We first spent a day on Inchcolm Island when we visited Scotland a couple of years ago and enjoyed it so much (even though …
Linlithgow Palace was a huge hit with the girls. It’s just a short train ride out of Edinburgh (so short that we didn’t bother searching for seats) and makes for a lovely day. We went on a Sunday so a lot of shops in town were closed, but that only makes me want to go …
One of the first things we did when we arrived in Scotland was buy a Historic Scotland membership for the family. This gives us free access to over 300 historic sites across Scotland and I intend for us to work our way through all of them. Our first excursion with our membership was to Craigmillar …
