Open Gardens in Callander

A peacock struts his stuff around the gardens of the Roman Camp in Callander.


This former 17th century hunting lodge is now a hotel and today its gardens were open to the public under Scotland’s Garden Scheme.

While there I bumped into an old friend who recalls a family visit there as a child for Sunday tea.

But his parents were alarmed at the interest Ivor Novella, a guest in the hotel, showed in him.

“He touched me up.”

It is a story he retells with gusto.