Dunfermline

Thursday after band practice we all piled into the coach and went to the other side of Scotland to Dunfermline.

We visited Dunfermline Abbey and the church that was built on the ruins in 1818.  Robert the Bruce was buried at the Abbey and his remains were found wrapped in a gold cloth.  They reburied him in the new church below the pulpit. St. Margaret (Queen Margaret) was also buried there but her remains have not been found.

Grave of Robert the Bruce

Next we walked downtown and found a Subway where we had lunch.

From Subway we walked to the Andrew Carnegie Museum. The house where he was born is part of the museum.

The BBC had arranged for the band to be filmed as part of a documentary so we went by coach to Pittencrieff Park for the filming.  The park was originally Pittencrieff Estate and because of his humble origins Andrew Carnegie was not allowed in it in his youth.  After he accumulated riches he bought the estate and turned it into a public park.  It is huge and had several playgrounds as well as a Tea House, and Pittencrieff House Museum.  It was beautiful.

Band being Filmed

Man in Red Jacket is Star of the Documentary

Locomotive in the Park

The Band

Pittencrieff House Museum

We arrived back in Glasgow late in the evening.