The Castle

Directions

Food and Drink

Itinerary

Check List

Other Stuff

Accomodation

We have sole use of the castle from the evening of Friday 18^th September to the morning of Sunday 20^th September. Beds are available for £20 per person per night. Remember that this is a Youth Hostel - albeit a luxurious one - so rooms and bathroom facilities will be basic and shared.

We think it would be more in the spirit of the occasion if everyone was under one roof but if this doesn’t appeal to you there are some very nice hotels nearby.

If you would like to stay at the castle, please could we have your payment by 31^st July 2009 making cheques payable to Christine Adams. You can't book direct with the castle since they've signed the whole place over to us... the fools, the fools.

Carbisdale Castle

Culrain,

Sutherland,

IV24 3DP

The castle's website: http://www.carbisdale.org/index.htm

The Art

With 70+ paintings and 20 or so statues the art collection is quite impressive, especially for a youth hostel...

The Ghosts
The Piper
Heard on the rocky site before the castle was built.

The Lady in White
Speculation is this is the spirit of Duchess Blair who didn't live to see her castle completed.

The Battle of Carbisdale
An angry apparition carrying a sword in the Link Corridor. The castle is built near to the Hill of Lamentation, site of a 1650 massacre.

The Nursery / Schoolroom
Or 'The Spook Room', most ghost sightings in the castle happen here, apparently