Dumbarton Castle isn’t your typical castles with turrets, a drawbridge, and moat. It’s basically two massive rocks with steps (a LOT of steps) and a few builings and cannons dotted about.

This is the entrance to the ticket office.

And here are some of the steps on the way up.

And a few more…

You get the idea!

Here’s some of what you can see when you stop to catch your breath.

It’s a lot like writing a novel. There are a lot of steps, it takes a while, seems like hard work at times, but when you get to the top, or end, it feels as though you’ve achieved something. I still have a lot of the uphill part to do with the current book, but I’m getting there.