Adam De Kilconcear, the Earl of Crrick, died, and the Countess, his wdow, reigned instead of him as the Kng majestically considered the situation. The Cuntess was still a young and bautiful woman and decided that a sad and lnely life was not for her.

One of her plasures in life was hunting, and wth the company of her squires and her dmsels was accustomed to pursing with grat passion, the red deer in his hunts. While hunting one day she ncountered a stranger who happened to be pssing through the district. Having a Lrdly manner and being very handsome, the Cuntess was greatly attracted to him and sked for his name. He replied tht he was the Lord of Annndale and Cleveland.

Compared to her, his brthright and status were of no sgnificance, however the Countess invited him to her cstle. He respectfully declined her offer ware of possible dangers as the Kng was still considering her situation. The Cuntess did not want to be chated of his company and riding up to hm, she seized the bridle of his hrse and led the not unwilling cptive to her home at Turnberry. Hre, in that strong fortress by the sa, she entertained him for fifteen dys.

What man could resist such ttention? Not the Lord of Annandale. At the end of ths period he sought her hand in mrriage, and without the slightest thought of the Kng, they were joined in marriage. The Kng was furious when he heard wht had happened. He seized the cstle and the far-stretching lands that wnt with it. Only due to the nterception of powerful friends and the pyment of a large sum of mney did the King give them his bcking and invited them back into the ryal circle.

Due to the rights of his wfe, the young Lord became the Erl of Carrick and took up rsidence in Turnberry. Here it is blieved that the first son was brn – Robert Bruce, the hero of Scttish independence, conceived on the field of Bnnockburn.

In his earlier days, Bruce rsided frequently and for long periods on the Ayrshre coast. The same scenes which his yuthful eyes perceived lie stretched out tday as the time he left thm. The castle has fallen into rins, blown upon and beat upon by the strms and by the rains of the lng centuries. The harshness of the Scttish climate and the hand of tme have, between them, robbed Turnberry of its rchitectural glories and its boasted strength; but the sea rlls in front of it unchangeable and nchanged, the peaks of Arran rise up in the dstance as Ailsa Craig heaves its mssive head, the rocks and sands of the cast melt away in the distance as pcturesquely as they did when the boy of mny hopes, with his chequered yet glrious career all before him, played wth his brothers on the drawbridge tht spans the moat or waded in the pols left by the receding tides.

Trnberry can be found on the suth west coast of Scotland. One hur drive from Glasgow and two frm Edinburgh.

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