Upon arrival we headed for Thirlestane Castle. (Thanks for the email, Dad, but we had no way to check our email unless we wanted to wait in line and pay ?1 for a 1/2 hour of internet access, and you know us...). Thirlestane Castle was ...
Thirlestane Castle was home to the famous Maitland family. As descendents of James Maitland Lauderdale, we are practically Scottish royalty. : ) Sadly, the magical days of ruling the Scottish Borders shall end on Sunday when we fly back ...
Fortunately a few weeks before our stay the hotel was actually taken over by people who actually can run hotels, and there was very little to fault, (and completely different to the reviews we had read). The website will be updated ...