When we were in Sitrling last week we were looking for a quick, cheap meal before an evening appointment so the Brewers Fayre 2 main courses for £9 offer sounded like it fitted the bill. The Brewers Fayre restaurant near Stirling, called the the Pirnhall Inn is a couple of minutes drive from the services [...]

If you are in Stirling in central Scotland on a Thursday or Friday lunchtime I recommend that you have the buffet lunch at La Cicciara, 41 Friar Street, tel 01786 451552. It only costs £5.95 per person, it’s delicious and great value, just my type of restaurant. La Cicciara, Stirling There’s soup with Italian bread, [...]

Stirling was awarded city status in 2002 as part of the Queen Elizabeth’s Golden Jubilee celebrations. I lived in the Stirling area for 18 years. I loved living there as I had the benefits of a large town/small city yet you could be in the countryside in a few minutes. Stirling sits in the centre [...]

I really like visiting graveyards and cemetereis and the Old Town Cemeteries lie on the way up to Stirling Castle. View to Stirling Castle There are two distinct graveyards beside the Church of the Holy Rude in Stirling. The “Old Kirkyard” has some headstones dating from as far back as 1579. The rows of headstones [...]