Monday, September 7, 2009

Glamis Castle [pronounced Glams Castle]

On Saturday we went to Glamis Castle. In 1372, Sir John Lyon was given Glamis Castle by the king and it has stayed his family ever since. Glamis Castle is one of the most famous castle in scotland. In every part of the castle there is at least one lion in each room except for the chapel. The reason why the chapel doesn't have a lion in it is because it was a room for all people to share as they worshiped god.At Glamis Castle once every year at the end of summer they have a country fair. I have to tell you the ground wasn't like the ground over in Australia not grass and paths; not one path was there and every now and again there would be some grass. Try and guess what was there, thick gooey mud and Mum was wearing her meeting shoes. the mud


We went on these little Quad little bikes, you had to go in a circle. The hardest bit was going round the corner down a slight hill. The Quad bikes had petrol to make them go. It was heaps cool.




we saw lot's of girls doing Highland dancing and a band playing Bagpipes.
Our postal adress is
68 Hammersmith Road
AB10 6ND
Posted by at

3 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2009 at 3:27 AM

    love your photos!
    did you count all the lions? how many were there?
    will you learn highland dancing while you are in Scotland?
    The quad bike looks like heaps of fun!

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownSeptember 13, 2009 at 5:10 AM

    Hi there Jo,
    We can really understand how much you loved the mud at Glamis Castle! - nearly as much as the quad bikes. Thanks for the photos - they are great. We have just had the combined weekend at East. suburbs, and at school everyone is practicing for the Wind in the Willows, which is next Monday night. Highland dancing is fun - you can dance and Sam can play the bag-pipes
    lots of love Grandpa & Grandma

    ReplyDelete
  3. Jeremy and NaamahSeptember 15, 2009 at 5:14 AM

    Hey Jo!
    Sounds like you're enjoying Scotland more than you thought you would before you left. I wonder if you'll learn to do some highland dancing one day! I know someone over here who learnt something like it and she can kick her legs so high that they go above her head!
    Thanks for saying how to pronounce the name of the castle. I am going to show the kids at school the blogs about the castle and want to be sure to pronounce it right.
    Maybe you can take a photo of a bumble bee one day because I'm sure the kids over here would be interested to see them. Maybe you can look up bumble bees in science! They are a really good example of how awesome God's power in creation was because they are so fat and have such little wings!
    Love Aunty Naamah (and Uncle Jez)

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)