A man's home is his castle

Last Saturday, I visited a book fair and went home with 14 Ian Rankins.... A few months ago, I had bought my first Inspector Rebus book and I could not get enough of it! Edinburgh, Blairgowrie, Gleneagles and even Crieff were mentioned.

Many years ago, when I still used to spend my yearly holidays in Crieff, Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister and Tony Blair was still relatively unknown. His father-in-law had a girlfriend who definitely was more famous: even I remember Elsie Tanner from Coronation Street! (Ena Sharples too, but that is a different story.)

As far as I know, Blair Castle has nothing to do with Tony Blair, but the shared surname sure helps me build a bridge to the next part of this blog .

Visiting the castle always was one of the climaxes of my visits to Perthshire. It is very different from other castles, mainly because it is white. Some of the oldest parts date back to the thirteenth century. I have never fancied the idea of stuffed animals (nor has my black dwarf poodle), but Blair Castle has a very impressive collection.

Speaking of castles.... When you Google for 'castle Varna', you find many castles that are for rent or sale. For an average castle, you would have to pay approximately 175.000 Euro. It may even have a pool in the courtyard and yes, you may call it (Gordon) Brown Castle...