Blair Atholl

Today's adventure was a visit to beautiful Blair Castle, seat of the Duke of Atholl and ancestral home of the Clan Murray. We took a guided tour of the castle itself and then went out into the crisp autumn sunshine to explore the gardens. It's a striking castle set in beautiful countryside ... I reckon it must be alright being a Duke!


"There are some that love the Border-land and some the Lothians wide,
And some would boast the Neuk o' Fife and some the banks o' Clyde,
And some are fain for Mull and Skye and all the Western Sea;
But the Road that runs by Atholl will be doing yet for me.

The Road it runs by Atholl and climbs the midmost brae
Where Killiecrankie crowns the pass with golden woods and gay;
There straight and clean 'twas levelled where the Garry runs below
By Wade's red-coated soldiery two hundred years ago."

(Christine Orr - from The Atholl Road)