We would like to thank here John and Betty Calhoun who lent us their kid's passes to get into the castle and the town house for free.We would also like to take this opportunity to apologise to Historic Scotland for defrauding them of £5 entrance fees each !My favourite story about the castle was one about a sort of court jester who decided he wanted to fly.So, he made this pair of wings and took off from the highest point of the castle. Needless to say, the wings were a failure ! The only thing that saved his life was the fact that he landed in the castle dung heap. He explained away his failure by saying he made the wings from hen feathers and, as everyone knows, hens can't fly very well !

Stirling was the scene of two battles against the English, the most famous of which was Bannockburn in 1314. The actual scene of the battle has been the subject of a lot of debate lately. Suffice to say, it was 
in this area somewhere.