We stay the night in Edinburgh (no rooms in Glasgow for that night) and head to Glasgow early in the morning. First tho, the children are very excited to get the free breakfast on offer at the hostel. Although it is one serving of cereal per person, Patrick, whose favourite food it is, can’t be [...]
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Glasgow
Posted in Scotland on August 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Edinburgh
Posted in Scotland on August 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It is 7 days til my birthday and I am worried that mum hasn’t bought anything yet.
Today we got up to a free breakfast of 5 bowls of cholate cereal each and 3 glasses of juice at the hostel.
Full up, we headed off to the Edinburgh Fringe festival in the centre of town – on [...]
Annie in the driving seat
Posted in Scotland on August 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A misleading title really, as I am fine with the driving, it is the navigating that seems to demand a brain that I don’t possess.
Brian is at work in Edinburgh for the day and we drop him off early. I feel a little uneasy at the prospect of driving our left hand drive TANK through [...]
Scotland – Loch Lomond
Posted in Scotland on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We drive too far, the rain grows heavier, we haven’t organised accommodation, everything is booked out and camping grounds refuse to take us because they are too boggy for tent. With sardine-like back up plans for sleeping in the car we ask at a rain sodden caravan park and the almost incomprehensible Glaswegian (“I have [...]
Inverness (1)
Posted in Scotland on August 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On the way to Inverness the hills were purple with Sottish heather and thistles. (Later we came across a shop called Thistle Do). And it wasn’t raining! (The last few days have been raining almost non-stop and there is only ever a high of 20, but often only 14 degrees)
We had a bit of trouble [...]
