Scotland Day 5
Saturday was a long day for us. We left the hostel by 6:45 am to make the bus towards Stirling. Needless to say coffee was definitely a must. We got on our two hour bus ride to get right into the heart of Stirling and climb up to Stirling Castle. It was fun and had a lot of things to look at. We got to walk around the castle walls and look at the beautiful view

On the castle walkway

Stirling Castle

After the castle we ate lunch and headed over to the William Wallace Monument for the longest and highest part of our trip. We had to hike up a huge hill just to get to the entrance of the Tower.

This is the view of the Monument from the Castle on the other side of town. Needless to say, it's pretty damn high. 

The Monument itself is 220 ft tall and takes 246 stairs on a single spiral staircase to reach the top. It's a pretty epic climb. We finally made it to the top, surviving any claustrophobia and other fears of falling or the height itself. Our legs were burning and we were panting like crazy, but it was all worth it to see the view of Stirling from the top.

Let's just say the height made us a little bit goofy...

We ventured back down the monument and the hill and headed home for the evening. It was quite a day and time to get some R&R back in St. Andrews.

TTFN,
Ta Ta for now!
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Lo