Cawdor Castle - Out Damned Spot (poor little dog!)

Cawdor Castle is the traditional home of the Thanes of Cawdor (including the legendery Macbeth, although he didn't ever really live there). It is a "working castle", lived in by the current Countess for 6 months of the year and with a large and busy estate. We really enjoyed the self guided walk through the castle rooms - whoever wrote the information panels has a very droll sense of humour and had us chuckling on numerous occasions, we particularly enjoyed "the lady in the saucy brown hat known to the family as Aunt Glum." Cawdor has a lovely garden, which although past its best in September, was still very beautiful.