Yesterday - Monday 24th - we drove up towards Stirling to visit old neighbours - John & Nancy Wright. They used to live in the big house at the lane in Kingsborough and their kids were the same ages as ours. He became a very unusual minister in the Church of Scotland. About 25 years ago, he bought a ruined castle near Bannockburn and restored it with the help of his son Bruce. Then he re-built the Grand Hall beside it and also built a modern house nearby. There are huge grounds so John dug out a small lake with an island in the middle of it to drain the land. Last year, they moved into a very modern house which he had designed and built in the gigantic gardens. You can get some idea of the place from the website.
What you can't see is what an absolute ruin the place was when they bought it. They lived in a tiny caravan at the foot of the tower when we first went to visit many years ago. The gardens are quite overgrown now and full of statues. They also have ducks, dogs, and a peacock.
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