{"id":6974,"date":"2004-11-21T09:44:46","date_gmt":"2004-11-21T16:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/11\/21\/airth-castle.html"},"modified":"2004-11-21T09:44:46","modified_gmt":"2004-11-21T16:44:46","slug":"airth_castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/11\/21\/airth_castle.html","title":{"rendered":"Airth Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some fun resources on Airth Castle, where I spent a couple of evenings (alas, not in the actual castle, but in the adjoining hotel).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The official <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radissonsas.com\/servlet\/ContentServer?pagename=RadissonSAS\/integration\/hotelInfo&#038;hotelCode=edizh&#038;language=en&#038;backURI=\/reservation\/rateSearch.do&#038;origin=Rates%20And%20Availability\" target=\"_blank\">Radisson page<\/a>.\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amostcuriousmurder.com\/AirthFS.htm\" target=\"_blank\">A Most Curious Murder<\/a> &#8230; some nice pics.<\/p>\n<li>A bit of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rampantscotland.com\/castles\/blcastles_airth.htm\" target=\"_blank\">history<\/a>.  And a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tartans.com\/modules.php.srl.op+modload,name+News,file+article,sid+322,mode+thread,order+0,thold+0.html\" target=\"_blank\">bit more<\/a>.  There&#8217;s a real castle underneath there.  <\/p>\n<li>Still more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rampantscotland.com\/visit\/blvisitdunmore.htm\" target=\"_blank\">history<\/a> (plus pics of the nearby incomparable Dumore Pineapple!).<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taste-of-scotland.com\/airth_castle.html\" target=\"_blank\">Various<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecd-online.co.uk\/venues\/hotels\/airthcas.htm\" target=\"_blank\">hotel<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infotel.co.uk\/15958.htm\" target=\"_blank\">listings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<li>And in reply to Boulder Dude&#8217;s question, I think <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forthviewgolfacademy.co.uk\/home.htm\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a> is the golf course he noted.<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some fun resources on Airth Castle, where I spent a couple of evenings (alas, not in the actual castle, but in the adjoining hotel). The official Radisson page. 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