On our second day we went on a "West Highlands Castles and Lochs" tour with Rabbies. Not only was our tourguide, Tony, capable and funny, but he could do a dead-on Sean Connery. You may recognize this as the castle defended by the insulting Frenchmen in Monty Python's 'Holy Grail.' The lady at the gift shop has a basket of coconut shells for fan photos.
etymology note: Tony suggested, and I'm not sure if this is true, that it was at this location, on the banks of the River Teith (pronounced 'teeth') where the lairds of the castle used to require men to leave their swords and knives and from where we get the phrase "armed to the teeth."
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