Waterfall in folly. The waterfall cascades down the stonework behind the building:-

Sundial. Castle in background:-

In greenhouses:-

View beyond gardens:-

Drummond Castle lies not far from Muthil and was our main destination the day we travelled that way.

Castle from approach road from car park:-

Entranceway:-

Main building:-

The castle’s prime attraction for visitors is its magnificent gardens.

Castle from gardens:-

In the centre of Muthil are the ruins of its mediæval church, the 15^th century parish church:-

In the churchyard is the grave of a Great War soldier, Private D Taylor, Black Watch, 29/1/1918, aged 23:-

Muthil’s more modern cemetery is a few hundred yards west of the village and contains a Second World War grave, Sgt J McDonald McKinnie, Air Gunner, RAF, 1/3/1943, aged 21:-

More Hockney in the Cartwright Memorial Hall, Bradford.

“Bradford Indoor Market” and “Artist’s Family at Tea”:-

“A Bounce for Bradford,” part of a morale boosting campaign for the City in 1987 after the fire at Valley Parade:-

“Autumn” from 1954:-

“Moorside Road” from 1955:-

Untitled late work made on an iPad:-

Artist David Hockney (who died in June) is one of Bradford’s most famous sons. The Cartwright Memorial Hall and Gallery holds several of his works. Two of them are the Bradford Phone Book for 1989 and A Travel Guide to Bradford from 1992:-

Le Plongeur (Paper Pool 18) is a more typical Hockney:-

Early drawings:-

Pencil Drawings:-

Street Scene on Hillside:-

David Hockney: 9/7/1937 – 11/6/2026. So it goes.

Sadly, four of the Maxwell-Stuart family who owned Traquair House were killed in the Great War. Their medals and photographs are on display in the left hand new wing.

An accompanying information sheet lists their fates:-

The Stewarts and Maxwell Stewarts of Traquair House were firm Jacobites and the house contains Jacobite relics.

Hair belonging to the parents of Bonnie Prince Charlie:-

Portrait of “Betty Burke”, Bonnie Prince Charlie’s alias when he was on the run disguised as a woman. The caption spells it Burk:-

The family was Catholic. This is the Priest Hole:-

And its stairs:-

The Lion* Gates to Traquair House  were closed when James VII (James II of England) was deposed, not to be re-opened until the Stewarts were restored to the throne. They remain firmly shut:-

Edited to add:- I have been reminded in a comment that these are actually Bear gates, not Lion gates.

Drawing room:-

The dining room is situated in one of the new wings of the house:-

The old laundry has been preserved:-

Pottery:-

There are two rooms in Traquair House used as libraries. First:-

Second:-

In an upper room there is this diploma given to the house owner Sir John Stewart by Charles I:-

The above lies in a cabinet below a mural:-

Description of mural:-

Further along the upper floor is a bedroom:-

One part of an old painted ceiling has been kept exposed:-

View of maze from house:-

River Tweed at Coldstream:-

From same vantage point but looking towards the bridge at the border with England:-

I have featured Coldstream War Memorial before, a cenotaph inset into a wall, but this is a better photo:-

This time I took a close-up of the dedications and names:-