Moggie with our car for the weekend

Ian Milne, our information guide at Tantallon Castle

Tantallon Castle was the stronghold of one of Scotland's mightiest families - the 'Red' Douglases, Earls of Angus. It was from Tantallon that they pursued their vendetta against their rivals the 'Black' Douglases; and it was here that they withstood the might of two successive Stewart kings. For 300 years the castle was the scene of banquets and sieges, until in 1651 Oliver Cromwell's guns finally ended its days both as fortress and residence. This guide takes the visitor round the castle ruins and reveals Tantallon's dramatic story as one of the most awesome and impressive of Scotland's castles.

View of Bass rock and Tantallon Castle

Mog in front of Tantallon Castle

The "close" in Tantallon Castle

Bass Rock from a tower in Tantallon Castle

View of the castle

A weathered stone in the castle

Rowan tree leaves and berries

Jim in front of a Rowan tree in Tyninghame

Jim and Moggie at Tyninghame Smithy for lunch in the fore court

Moggie at Tantallon Castle

Scene of Bamburgh castle in Bamburgh, England

Scene at Budle Bay next to Bamburgh, England

Scene on beach (North Sea surf) near castle in Bamburgh, England

Scene near castle in Bamburgh, England

Scene near castle in Bamburgh, England

Scene near castle in Bamburgh, England

Tweed River (boundary between England and Scotland) at Coldstream

Tweed River bridge at Coldstream

Jim at Coldstream welcome sign