After many hours sitting in the Firth of Forth outside Leith, the Silver Spirit eventually wound its way slowly to Dundee, arriving a day early. On the bonus day, TSH and Diva joined the complementary bus to Edinburgh and were able to go ahead with their planned walk around the Old Town. Dinner was their final (for this cruise) pizza in the open air in Spaccanapoli.
They
visited Glamis Castle and were greeted yet again by a lone piper. It was a good
tour, bur a little disappointing for Diva, who had expected to see more of the
rooms connected with the Royal Family and less of the old kitchens converted
into showrooms for the animal heads, bearskins and suits of armour. Not to
mention the stone spiral staircases.
The
penguins were brought to Dundee by Scott of the Antarctic and released into the
river when the local zoo could no longer accommodate them. They moved along the
river to Broughty Ferry (the upmarket part of the area) and established a
successful colony. Google does not know about this event, so it was lucky that
TSH and Diva had an informative local guide.
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