Travel Reference
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izabeth Bowes-Lyon; 1900-2002) spent her childhood at Glamis (pronounced 'glams')
and Princess Margaret (the Queen's sister; 1930-2002) was born here.
The five-storey, L-shaped castle was given to the Lyon family in 1372, but was signific-
antly altered in the 17th century. Inside, the most impressive room is the
drawing room
,
with its vaulted plasterwork ceiling. There's a display of armour and weaponry in the
haunted crypt, and frescoes in the chapel (also haunted).
Duncan's Hall
is named for the
murdered King Duncan from
Macbeth
(though the scene actually takes place in Macbeth's
castle in Inverness). The claimed Shakespeare connection is fictitious - the real Macbeth
had nothing to do with the castle, and died long before it was built.
You can also look around the
royal apartments
, including the Queen Mother's bed-
room. Hour-long guided tours depart every 15 minutes (last tour at 4.30pm, or 3.30pm in
winter).
The
Angus Folk Museum
(NTS; Kirkwynd; adult/child £6/5; 10.30am-4.30pm Thu-
Mon Jul & Aug, 11.30am-4.30pm Sat-Mon Apr-Jun, Sep & Oct)
, in a row of 18th-century
cottages just off the flower-bedecked square in Glamis village, houses a fine collection of
domestic and agricultural relics.
Glamis Castle is 12 miles north of Dundee. There are two to four buses a day from
Dundee (35 minutes) to Glamis; some continue to Kirriemuir.
Arbroath
POP 22,800
Arbroath is an old-fashioned seaside resort and fishing harbour, home of the famous
Ar-
broath smokie
(a form of smoked haddock). The humble smokie achieved European
Union 'Protected Geographical Indication' status in 2004 - the term 'Arbroath smokie'
can be only be used legally to describe haddock smoked in the traditional manner within
an 8km radius of Arbroath. No visit is complete without buying a pair of smokies from
one of the many fish shops and eating them with your fingers while sitting beside the har-
bour. Yum.
THE FORFAR BRIDIE
Forfar, the county town of Angus, is the home of Scotland's answer to the Cornish pasty: the famous
Forfar
bridie
. A shortcrust pastry turnover filled with minced beef, onion and gravy, it was invented in Forfar in the
