Friday, May 25, 2007

Blair is a must see. The rooms are chocked full of artifacts from 500 years of the same family living there; incredible. The baronial life presented at Blair is impressive; it is still occupied by the same family that has lived here for 540 years and their possessions are all on display and within touch. There were probably 30 rooms full of things from about 1400 to 1800 and all explained thoroughly; you could have spent several days at Blair trying to digest all the material that was within arm’s reach. The most impressive here are the armaments (guy stuff) and the collection rivals that in the tower of London. As you walk the halls you can actually touch the silver or stocks of weapons from around 1500 and there are hundreds if not thousands of them lining the walls.