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Travel Blogs from Birnam
Digging up the Scottish Family Tree
... to pick-up our hire car. Challenged accepted and some time later challenged achieved, albeit both wetter for the experience. At this stage, Michelle's immune system is being sorely tested! The drive out of Edinburgh to head north was a challenge. Not only had I not driven a manual car since 1984, but not driven in peak hour Edinburgh traffic - not a very smart combination. Anyhow, 45 minutes later we get out the one way streets and small lane ways ...
A Piece of magic
This is a very special place for me and felt it important for David to experience such a beautiful place. Walks by the River Tay, drinks and stovies in the Taybank barI have never been anywhere more peaceful.This leg of our journey was to give me a chance to say goodbye to some of my best friends and so they could get a chance to meet ...
Beautiful Scotland
... place of coronation for all Scottish Kings from 843 through to 1651.
Tuesday, we visited the harbour town of Arbroath and hiked along the cliff face that meets the North sea, visiting the little hamlets of Arbirlot and Kirriemuir (Birth place of JM Barrie, author of Peter Pan) as we drove to Friockheim to visit the actual residence of Dean’s great great ...
Ben Nevis
... got a room and had fish and chips on the pier with an orange Fanta not too shabby. Couple whiskys in the bar won $10 playing pool against a drunk he wanted to play for 1000 I was chicken. I will post a couple videos tomorrow . Booked a room with a sky light popped it open climbed the desk beautiful private roof area to have a dram and watch the otters. Good night it's about 11 here I am wiped from the day one more roof whisky then ...
From London to Scotland...
... intention being to photograph myself in as many different places as possible wearing them to amuse any RPA colleagues who may follow this. And I'm sure many people who will wonder who the weird person with the flamingo and palm tree glasses trying to photograph herself is!! Saying goodbye to my little home was next on the list, and true to form Saturday was a much busier day than I ideally would have liked. However, everything got done and my flat was looking all clean ...