(Provided by Lynne & Ken ) - Visitors shouldn't forget to pull up the throw rug in the front hallway and take a look at the trap door, which,if open, would send the unsuspecting intruder down to the floor below. (No, we didn't try that on anyone ourselves....) Although the 5 stories below the main house are plain, they're really worth a serious look-over, especially the tremendously large fireplaces. The damp and the dark truly make one wonder what it would have been like to be a soldier cooped up in there in the medieval era.
- P&S: (After reading the reviews here we finally got around to doing it ourselves!) A fine and homely Castle amongs ruins of something greater on a fine little hill in the Roslin valley (good walks). Maybe a little too handy for Rosslyn Chapel - the castle courtyard is part of the tourist trail - but it's difficult to begrudge people the fine views from the bridged entrance. The atmospheric drawing room felt more like being in a stately home than any other Landmark we've visited. Another first is it had a telephone - receive only, mind you. Kitchen is very much a 'one chef at a time' job. Some people have said it's creepy but we didn't find it so at all.
