Roslin...

After living here for almost 5 years I finally visited the Roslin Chapel just outside Edinburgh.

We drive past the village of Roslin twice a day, both on the way to and from uni every day.

The village of Roslin also have a very nice pub, where they serve very nice food.

Building the Roslin Chapel started in 1456 by William Sinclair, the 1st earl of Caithness, and was originally going to be part of a cathedral, but it never got finished.

It was decaying for years, but the long process of restoring it started in the 1950s.

At the moment it has an extra roof over it to dry the stone, as it used to be green inside because of all the mould. But the roof is coming off soon, so by the summer it should look similarly to the picture.

It is still a functioning church, with services every Sunday.

It was originally built as a Roman-catholic chapel but there are also a lot of celtic and pagan symbols in the chapel.

For example the green man, who symbolises nature and the vines coming from his mouth symbolises natures growth and fertility.

You can see carvings of green men all over the chapel.

We also met a very friendly cat in the chapel called William, he comes there every day to enjoy all the attention from the visitors.

Hopefully I will also make it to Loch Ness before I leave Scotland, and I would love to see a "proper" castle (as I think Edinburgh castle is too commercial).