Climbing 250 steps in Stirling

From Edinburgh we travelled to Stirling via the Forth Road Bridge (which, interestingly enough spans the Firth of Forth - try saying that 10 times after 10 pints!). We had arranged one night in Stirling so we could visit the William Wallace Monument.

The day we arrived was pretty dreary, so after a couple of pints in the only Irish pub (?!) in town we headed over to play a bit of ten pin bowling. Quite a nice way to spend the miserable afternoon. The competitiveness didn't end there though - we decided to have a quiet night in over an intense game of monopoly.





We woke the next morning to a lovely day and headed over to the William Wallace Monument. Here's us thinking it might have been a bit of a museum layout - instead we had to climb over 250 steps to reach the top of the Monument! There were six levels along the way that had lots of interesting information on the story of William Wallace, which also helped us to catch our breaths! The views were magnificent though, so it wasn't all bad.



From Stirling we drove further north to Inverness.