BUNNY COOPER GOES TO SCOTLAND

Bunny Cooper went to Braemar Castle with his friend Coco The Fashionista, they sat on a canon-that's a very old weapon which fires canonballs.

Inside the castle

In the dining room, set for dinner

Bunny C and Coco had their photo taken with another friend inside Braemar Castle

Flying up to Edinburgh in Scotland, Bunny Cooper and his friend Coco (the Fashionista) were excited to go and visit Braemar Castle. The castle has been the home of the Farquharson Clan since the 18th century. Do you know what a clan is friends? 

"Scottish Clans were originally families, relatives, allies and neighbours who came together for protection against mutual enemies.  The word clan comes from the Gaelic word for children and was first used to describe these groupings around geographical areas probably during the 13th century".

You can find out more about the castle and the clans here: 

http://www.braemarcastle.co.uk/visit/clan-farquharson

This is the local butchers shop in Braemar

Here they are at Kindrochit Castle, which was built in the 14th century when Robert II was king of Scotland-that means it is very old indeed.

This is a likeness of a brooch which was found in the ruins of the castle in the 1920's and has inscribed (written) on it "I am in place of a friend". We don't know who the brooch belonged to or what the words mean. It is currently in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.

Our pals have enjoyed their trip to Braemar

Time to move on

Bunny C has travelled on to Balmoral, which is the Scottish home of the royal family (Queen Elizabeth II) it looks like something out of a fairy tale doesn't it?

This is someone wearing the traditional Scots kilt, each pattern is called a tartan and each tartan belongs to a clan of Scotland (remember I said a clan is a large family)? 

The small bag worn around the waist is called a sporran, I guess they keep all their everyday items in there like tissues, bus tickets or spare change.

Some flowers in the gardens of Balmoral

A very old carriage

Bunny Cooper and Coco were quite tired from walking around and decided to stop and have some tea and scones

Yummy scones in Balmoral

Still taking photos Bunny?

The pals travelled on to Scone, and visited Scone  Castle, Scotland. I wonder if that is where the word Scone ( which you can have with jam and cream -see it in the photo above?

There are peacocks strutting around, one of them was this lovely white colour.

There were lots of pretty flowers in the grounds of the castle. 

Scotland was exciting, I wonder where the pals are going to go next?  Perhaps you should keep checking back here for their next adventure which will be at the end of this month, it's to a very nice island near Greece, can you guess where this is??

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