After the trauma of sleeping in a tent for two nights and climbing Ben Nevis my reward was to sleep in a castle, a much deserved belated birthday treat. The castle of choice was Tulloch Castle just outside a town called Dingwell in the Highlands.
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| The view from the road. |
Before becoming a hotel and conference centre the castle believed to date from the mid 16th century served as a (not too shabby) family home for members of the Bain family and Clan Davidson, as a hospital after the evacuation of Dunkirk, and as a hostel for the local education authority.
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| Can you spot me on our rooms balcony? |
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| Putting my stamp on the castle |
I would say the three main features for a castle are a turret, a dungeon and a moat. Now this castle didn't have a moat but it was placed on top of a massive hill as a strategic defence and you can see the turret in the above picture and after a wee bit of exploring we found the dungeon!
My favourite part about the castle was that the décor inside was in keeping with its heritage, very medieval esq, a lot of wood and rich colours and quite frankly somewhere that could be used as a set for Game of Thrones.
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| Could see this in King's Landing. |
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| Me trying to fit in the surroundings. |
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| I would not be cold here in the winter with that bad ass fire! |
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A dining area reserved for private functions.
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| A door in to the grounds. |
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| Sooo much better than a tent! |
And this is my ABSOLUTE favourite thing in the castle, who thought to put a crown on a deer trophy head pure genius!
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| Bambi rocking the bling |
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