tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post8150123852574783113..comments2024-03-18T18:58:51.536+00:00Comments on Family History Fun: Sepia Saturday - A Border Castle Collection ScotSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-27211880504530989042013-04-10T15:23:46.680+01:002013-04-10T15:23:46.680+01:00Ah, single track roads, scary stuff those! Wish ...Ah, single track roads, scary stuff those! Wish I had had time to get down to the Scottish Borders when I was there. Your pictures are beautiful!Teresa Wilson Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-73604843526068085532013-04-08T18:39:15.748+01:002013-04-08T18:39:15.748+01:00Your castles are magnificent. You have created th...Your castles are magnificent. You have created the Scotland I see in my mind's eye. It seems like the most rugged and beautiful and romantic place. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-35338491546590367412013-04-08T02:53:23.058+01:002013-04-08T02:53:23.058+01:00A great introduction to this region of Scotland. M...A great introduction to this region of Scotland. My wife and I are planning a holiday in Britain this summer with an idea of a tour of Scotland and I will definitely add some of these. Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-7839984878572711562013-04-07T15:40:28.093+01:002013-04-07T15:40:28.093+01:00Many thanks to everyone for your comments on what ...Many thanks to everyone for your comments on what was a great prompt to do. I could have featured so many castles but decided to focus on the lesser known Border area. I always have to laugh at films set in medieval castles where the women in particular seem to wear rather low cut dresses- they must have been frozen! ScotSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-55201906210963147812013-04-07T03:05:01.685+01:002013-04-07T03:05:01.685+01:00Great castles Susan, most of which I've never ...Great castles Susan, most of which I've never seen. Those stark Scottish castles look so cold and forbidding. Which reminds me of one I could have used from Scotland...but I've already done one in Kent ;-)Cassmob (Pauleen)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18397134336319778519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-77118907283530687072013-04-06T13:40:19.538+01:002013-04-06T13:40:19.538+01:00All wonderful structures. I'd love to visit Sc...All wonderful structures. I'd love to visit Scotland.Colleen G. Brown Pasqualehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402783115333431440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-29617564276937487362013-04-06T13:39:14.255+01:002013-04-06T13:39:14.255+01:00Bamburgh is the nearest to us; I wrote about it in...Bamburgh is the nearest to us; I wrote about it in last year's A-Z challenge (http://bobscotney.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/bamburgs-pink-lady.html)<br />Newark looks familiar but I can find where I covered that. Great post and fascinating castles.Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-29115535058887413822013-04-06T09:27:03.446+01:002013-04-06T09:27:03.446+01:00They must have been freezing places to live in.They must have been freezing places to live in.Boobookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395043246338753023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-55373070742817883152013-04-06T04:30:21.336+01:002013-04-06T04:30:21.336+01:00I find castles fascinating.
My cousin seems to thi...I find castles fascinating.<br />My cousin seems to think that we are related to Sir Walter Scott but I cannot find a link.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636761469099608281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-18628017514880827202013-04-06T04:19:35.843+01:002013-04-06T04:19:35.843+01:00I'm learning a lot already because of today...I'm learning a lot already because of today's prompt. Wonderful pictures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-10718829673738739892013-04-05T20:09:35.079+01:002013-04-05T20:09:35.079+01:00I especially like Floors Castle. That one is so be...I especially like Floors Castle. That one is so beautiful. I'd love to see it in person some day and enjoy the pipers.<br />Nancy North County Film Clubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13683794164957833415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-38016987347598618092013-04-05T20:09:04.285+01:002013-04-05T20:09:04.285+01:00I know Smailholm and Bamburgh from my holiday visi...I know Smailholm and Bamburgh from my holiday visits, but I'm not so familiar with the others and its always good to be educated. I enjoyed the literary references too.Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-83817715152755862872013-04-05T14:14:56.912+01:002013-04-05T14:14:56.912+01:00The "fortifications" don't look like...The "fortifications" don't look like the type of place that one would want to live. Postcardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399915833682943432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-61766778216273589812013-04-05T05:14:38.396+01:002013-04-05T05:14:38.396+01:00It's hard to envisage anyone living in many of...It's hard to envisage anyone living in many of those Scottish castles which lie in such stark, bleak landscapes. Perhaps they weren't always thus.Brett Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706734864792449845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-43538436151318236842013-04-05T03:44:50.344+01:002013-04-05T03:44:50.344+01:00I am not having any luck coming up with a castle i...I am not having any luck coming up with a castle in my photo collection or in Atlanta. Sigh. Your's are fantastic.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-22169730641558604262013-04-04T23:39:12.975+01:002013-04-04T23:39:12.975+01:00Very interesting, thanks, and I learnt a new word ...Very interesting, thanks, and I learnt a new word too...Reiver...I shall definitely remember that as a useful word as the Scottish independence debates hot up !Nigel Aspdin (Derby, UK)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11287696605570389587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-9889935105530200062013-04-04T21:27:08.754+01:002013-04-04T21:27:08.754+01:00I'm awestruck by all the castles and fortifica...I'm awestruck by all the castles and fortifications. They are beautiful and imposing, and I dare say some were the site of much bloodshed at one time or another. My Scottish and English ancestors might have been among them, who knows.Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.com