I led the first leg of the ride home to Burleigh Castle, near Kinross. The castle itself is pretty run down but belongs to Lord Balfour of Burleigh, and I suspect, but cannot prove, that the Burleigh surname of my ancestors was taken from this estate when they worked there before emigrating to Enniskillen in Northern Ireland as part of the Ulster Plantation around 1605. We couldn't get in because the person who has the key was not at home nearby.
After a few pictures and then lunch in town, we headed south over the Forth Road Bridge into more rain and wind before stopping at a hotel to the west of Edinburgh on the first stop of the homeward journey.
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