At Stirling Castle, the Historian and I end up gazing off the battlements into the highland hills with Frank, a Historical Scotland guide who had taken rather a shine to us on account of our insatiable interest and has given us an extended tour ... he is extremely well versed and we learn:
- Troop movements for the Battle of Bannockburn
- Mary Queen of Scots's favourite view
- How William Wallace booby-trapped Stirling Bridge
- The social effects of the Highland Clearances
- James I of England & VI of Scotland owned two Abyssinian lions
- Edward II wasn't up to much in warfare and statecraft, preferring thatching
- James I wrote Daemonologie and persecuted witches because he had issues with his mother
