We visited yet another castle on the 7th of April - this one in the middle of a lake. We took the ferry over and it was a pleasant ride. The castle was mostly ruins, but there were underground rooms that we could access as well as one remaining tower that had been stabilized and had access. The children had a wonderful time exploring, running and playing Tig. The island was peaceful and beautiful. We spent a couple of hours there and then went down to the dock to await the ferry for our return to the mainland.
Once back to the mainland we planned our lunch and our afternoon journey. There was a trail that went about 12k around the Loch and had many geocaches hidden along the way. Stu and I took the cooler and the kids and started on the hike. Olivia and Adam took both cars and drove to the end of the trail where they left one car. They both got into the same car and drove back to the beginning of the trail, parked, and the hiked over to where Stu and I were feeding the kids lunch. They had some lunch too and we got started on our hike! We hiked the entire 12k (about 8 miles), found almost all the geocaches and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The kids walked, ran, skipped all the way under their own power. We saw swans. We saw gliders launch and fly. We saw para-sails. We saw deer. We saw bunnies. All in all a good time was had by all. Again we went out for dinner and then back to our flat in Edinburgh totally exhausted one and all!
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