Definition of "Linlithgow": Loch in a Damp Place

Daytrip to Linlithgow

Last weekend we took a daytrip out to Linlithgow, which is about halfway between Edinburgh and Glasgow and happens to have a palace. Most towns in Scotland seem to have palaces, castles or at least massive country homes, so the presence of a ruin did not set it apart. However, Linlithgow Palace is, in my estimate, the most impressive building we've seen thus far. It is very large, has very think walls and now has rooms open to the sky. It also happens to sit on a picturesque loch and is within walking distance of a pub that has won CAMRA pub of the year for the region pretty much every year for the last two decades: The Four Marys.

After lunch we took a walk down the Union Canal, which starts near our house. On this particular segment the canal actually takes a bridge, the Avon Aqueduct, over a valley. Unfortunately the camera could not capture the surrealness of the experience of walking across the aqueduct (which is the second longest in Britain), but it was definitely worth the trek.