Victorian Gothic manor house, Mount
Stuart. The fantasy of the third Marquees of
Bute, it was built in the 1870s and houses an
extensive art collection and library – just last
year they discovered a 1623 first edition of
Shakespeare’s collected plays in the library.
After exploring the Gothic house, the
train rolls on to Kilmarnock for a formal
dinner followed by traditional Scottish
music, a fitting end to an exciting day. The
train begins moving the following morning
while many passengers are still asleep, rolling
eastwards to Edinburgh. After a leisurely
breakfast it’s sadly time to depart – and start
planning the next Scottish adventure. The
train travels all over Britain, up to Inverness
in the north and as far south as London.
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