Baden-Powell Council BSA
at the
2022 Blair Atholl Patrol Jamborette
Day 7 - July 18th - St. Andrews and Stirling
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 On the road from Douglaswood Scout Centre to St. Andrews. The trucks and buses keep the hedges nicely trimmed. Note the notches for the side view mirrors... |
 When we got to St. Andrews the Golf Museum hadn't opened yet, so we walked out to the waterfront to watch the birds. |
 A map of St. Andrews at the Golf Museum |
 Putting practice at the Golf Museum |
 Design your own golf course at the Golf Museum |
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 An interactive exhibit, where a filmed pro explains and demonstrates each of the different sorts of clubs on display. |
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 The trophy from the British Open, which had just finished on the Royal and Ancient Golf Course in St. Andrews the day before our visit. |
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 It was early when we finished the Golf Museum, so we decided to visit the St. Andrews Aquarium before lunch. |
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 The timing worked out perfectly for us to watch the keepers feeding the Harbour Seals. |
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 You can go inside the Zebra Fish tank. |
 Folks enjoying the East Sands at St. Andrews on a nice sunny Monday morning. The East Sands appeared in the movie "Chariots of Fire". |
 A couple of the Scouts walked over to take a picture of the Royal and Ancient Golf Course as we walked into the town centre for lunch. |
 St. Andrews town centre |
 Lunch at Nando's - Piri-Piri Chicken, mostly, and all good. |
Stirling
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 Walking through the Old Town to Stirling Castle |
 Stirling Castle sits on a steep hill overlooking the Forth Valley |
 We started our visit to Stirling Castle with a guided tour. |
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 The Great Hall with its impressive hammer-beam ceiling. |
 The Royal Apartments at Stirling Castle, with the Stirling Heads on the ceiling. This part of the Royal Apartments was reserved for the king, and was never completed or furnished in the 1500s because of the death of James V. |
 The Inner Close of Stirling Castle. The Great Hall is straight ahead, the Royal Chapel to the left and the Royal Apartments to the right. |
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 The King's Knot - remains of a formal garden from around the 1100's |
 The Wallace Monument in Stirling |
 Costumed reenactors inhabit the Royal Apartments. This maid told us about her life in service at the Castle. |
 One of the Queen's Ladies instructs the Scouts in the various languages spoken at court. |
 The Regimental Museum of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders was recently remodeled. It's much better than it was the last time we visited. |
 We left Stirling Castle at the end of the day, when the gates were already closed, so we had to exit through the small doors. |
 Old Town Stirling |
 Walking to dinner at an Indian buffet in Stirling. |
Day 8 - Queen's View |
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 We stopped off on our way to the Blair Atholl Jamborette to see the Queen's View overlooking Loch Tummel. |
 Our last group picture from our pre-Jamborette touring - twenty minutes later, we were checking in at the Jamborette in Blair Atholl. |
On to the Jamborette!
