I have been to several film locations for the ‘Outlander’ production, and Blackness Castle is yet another.
…but first past the enormous horse head sculpture know as the Kelpies…
This 15th century fortress provided the setting in ‘Outlander’ for the Fort William headquarters of Black Jack Randall, as well as featuring in the heart-wrenching scene of Jamie’s incarceration.
In Mary Queen of Scots (2018), starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie, Blackness Castle featured as the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the place where she married Lord Darnley and where her secretary and good friend David Rizzio was murdered.
~ Bella
Lady Penelope, my beloved Baby Jaguar, is going in for some TLC while I am in Europe - and when I went to visit her 'doctor', this is what greeted me! ...and then I spied a 1949 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith - and not just any old Rolls Royce -…
Birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots, Linlithgow Palace and"once a majestic royal residence of the Stewarts, Linlithgow Palace today lies roofless and ruined. Yet entering the palace gates still inspires awe in visitors. James I ordered work on a palace to begin in 1424, following a fire that severely damaged…