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		<title>A Kingdom Without Castles</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a hot and muggy July in 1314 at Stirling Castle on the eastern coast of Scotland. Good King Robert, the Bruce, had just won a great victory at Blàr Allt a&#8217; Bhonnaich  or the Battle of Bannockburn, sending England&#8217;s Edward II, his pride and his army crushed, home to think again. But at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Day in Scottish History: The Abdication of John Balliol</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 04:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, we have a winner!  An e-mail has been sent out to the winner of the Freedom Hop. ~~ &#160; July 10 is a date that was to have great impact on the Scottish Wars of Independence.  Before Robert the Bruce became one of Scotland&#8217;s greatest kings, there was John Balliol, king of Scots.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Green Lady of Stirling Castle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 05:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stirling is one of Scotland&#8217;s great castles, architecturally and historically. It dates back at least a thousand years, with reports as early as the 1100&#8242;s of Alexander I endowing a chapel there. Standing at a crossroads, it has been the site of many battles, and has associations with such great figures in history as Robert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Green Lady of Stirling Castle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 05:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stirling is one of Scotland&#8217;s great castles, architecturally and historically.&#160; It dates back at least a thousand years, with reports as early as the 1100&#8242;s of Alexander I endowing a chapel there.&#160; Standing at a crossroads, it has been the site of many battles, and has associations with such great figures in history as Robert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picture in the Sidebar: Linlithgow Palace</title>
		<link>http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2011/03/picture-in-the-sidebar-linlithgow-palace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check the end of the post for the continuing blog hop and dynamic story writing contest, both of which have prizes! Elsewhere, I have mentioned that I planned my trip to Scotland carefully in order to visit all the locations in Blue Bells of Scotland. But I made several unplanned stops. It was our first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picture in the Sidebar: Tioram</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 03:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During my two week trip to Scotland, I visited thirteen castles.  I&#8217;d be hard-pressed to say which was my favorite, although I can narrow it down to Tioram, Finlairig, Linlithgow, Urquhart, and Eileen Donan.  If I absolutely had to, I could probably narrow it down to Tioram and Finlairig. This week&#8217;s (or month&#8217;s, depending on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picture of the Week: Castle Finlairig</title>
		<link>http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2011/01/picture-of-the-week-castle-finlairig/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s picture in the sidebar is of Castle Finlairig, an unexpected find during my trip to Scotland. When I knew I was going to make the trip, I carefully planned my itinerary to include the places Shawn, Niall, and Amy would see and experience.  One of Shawn&#8217;s first experiences, on arriving in 1314, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bruce Brothers</title>
		<link>http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/04/the-bruce-brothers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While sources disagree on the numbers and names of Bruce&#8217;s younger sisters, there is widespread agreement on his brothers.  Only one leaves out Alexander, the youngest.  Nobody could argue that Bruce&#8217;s sisters had easy lives.  Much less so he and his brothers.  Of the five, Bruce, Neil, Edward, Thomas, and Alexander, only Bruce died peacefully, though [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urquhart Castle: History</title>
		<link>http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/02/urquhart-castle-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Urquhart Castle, one of Scotland&#8217;s largest medieval castles, standing on the shore of Loch Ness, was one of two main inspirations for Niall&#8217;s home, Castle Glenmirril.  (Castle Tioram was the other.)  It sits on a promontory jutting out into the loch, at the north end of the Great Glen.  Urquhart dates from medieval days, or earlier.  Adomnan&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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