Day 43 - Dundee. The longest day of the year.
Broughton Castle.
I've anchored closer to the river mouth, ready for tomorrow.
The End.
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Day 19 - Scarborough for a few days.
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Great photo! What a grim, austere castle. Looks more like a fortress than castle.
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The Grays built the original castle in the 1490s. During the English invasion of Scotland in 1547-50, Patrick, 4th Lord Gray, a treacherous fellow, delivered up Broughty Castle to the English. .... The castle was stormed by the Scots with French help in 1550, and was partly demolished. It was complete enough, however, to be held for Mary, Queen of Scots, by the Hamilton Duke of Chatelherault, until 1571." (The Castles of Scotland)
(I like the speaker´s comment "a treacherous fellow", a bit of a slip in the impersonal account.)
It was light until after 11pm up here. I must be nearing the Arctic circle.
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