"Out Where They Walk, Out Where They Run . . . "

But not where they play all day in the sun, since that's pretty rare here. I went on a walk around Stirling this evening. It was after dinner, I try not to read school work on a Sunday, and there was nothing on the TV. So instead of being lazy and just sitting around, I decided to go for a walk.

I live about a five minute walk downhill from this:
That would be Stirling Castle.Here's more of a backend view of the castle. That light-colored building is the Great Hall if I remember correctly.

The weather is beautiful and it was just too gorgeous to not continue my walk, though this really had been the intended destination. When I was walking along the road, I noticed this:

How do you not find that tantalizing? I mean come on, here's a stair embedded into rock that's just a little bit precarious. Of course I climbed it!

That was what I found, though. And since I wasn't wearing trekking-in-the-mud shoes, I'll have to go back once I've acquired some. :) And getting back down the stair was a lot worse than getting up it.

There's a walk that goes through the cemetery, just at the base of the castle, so I decided to follow that around. It provided some spectacular views, and I'm sad we didn't know about the hike when I came here before.
Something tells me I'll be taking this walk more often and I'll be taking any and all visitors as well. I didn't finish the walk and I didn't get to the beheading stone, so I've got more exploring to do in the future. I was getting tired and the graveled path was getting covered in mud, so it'll be for another day. And a new pair of hiking boots . . . hehe.


P.S. Did you know that it's very hard to type with a dog sitting in your lap? ;)