Yesterday I went to visit Culzean Castle, seat of Clan Kennedy and the Earl's of Cassillis and just before I left I checked my flist and was delighted to find
nodbear's beautiful sonnet
The Imagined Shore. So here are a couple of pictures of a shore that Archie may well have imagined.
Culzean Castle from the shore
Culzean Castle looking south from the Home Farm
Ayrshire coast looking north from Culzean
If anyone wants to see more pictures of Culzean Castle I posted some
here and
here. And if you're curious about how Archie might relate to the powerful Earls of Cassillis you can read my version of his rather questionable lineage here:
The Factor ;)