Belford Hostel Edinburgh

312 miles - set off at some un-Godly hour to drive from Chesterfield to Fife, Scotland to watch football! Trish likes the journeys but thinks the idea is crazy. Anyway, we are here now! Prior to the match we walked around the town - NOT Scotland's biggest attraction. Anyway, 2:30pm and I arrive at the ground ready for the match. One stand is fairly ...

... sundown we mosied off to the cinema to watch New Moon [murdering the adventurer in me once again..] which was.. *shudders* then just had a nice chillout in the train station until it was time to leave. My friends on the bus back, and me with the new friends on the warm train.

Nothing amazingly special, but it was a great day. And our new mates are coming over tomorrow for some more fun times! Gotta love travel. :)

Today, I was planning to go to the youth hostel at the castle, but the Land Rover had other plans!!!

Oh dear, game over! I popped out to start the Land Rover this morning at around 9am and the engine was smoking like a trooper and sounding a lot worse than it normally does. I called the AA at around 10:00 and they turned up at at around 10:45 from a local garage. He told me that the engine is fairly terminal (piston problem ...

... anyone in under the age of 18 in after seven o'clock, so that was out. We headed down to the other Apex Hotel, down the street since ours couldn't get us in until after nine! The Bartender there gave us a suggestion of where to go to find really good fish and chips so before we leave we will be going there ...

... an engineering marvel. I was duly impressed and tried to snap some photos as we travelled. It was challenging trying to take pictures of it through the gaps in the structure of the car bridge, but I attempted it anyhow because it took my mind off the fact that we were running thisclose to the left side of the bridge. I preferred to remain in denial about that.

The wind was a-blowin’ and the mini-bus was a-rockin’, but eventually we reached land.[1] Chris ...

... and the mirror over the fireplace made the room appear to be twice the size - it's effect was great. This was our favourite room because of it's size and grandeur. The children got an activity book which kept them busy - they had to find a stuffed toy hidden in the rooms - which was good for them because it made them look around more...a good concept by the Castle Management. All Castles had a dungeon and ...

... Melbourne. In fact, Lindsey is going to be bridesmaid for Ingrid at her wedding in Inverness next year. It was a really beautiful drive up and it seemed we reached Inverness in no time. Claus and Linda's house look out onto the Bewely Firth and it really is the most picturesque setting and will be perfect for Bob and Ing's wedding next year. After a cup of tea on the lawn, Linda was kind enough to come with us and show us Loch Ness. Whilst we didn't spot the monster it was a ...

I haven't got a whole lot to report in this entry, it's just that I've been sitting at the hostel watching a bit of tv before going to bed and I looked out the window and realised that at 3:30 in the morning the sun's already coming up. To put it all in perspective, I knocked off work at 1:30 and then went to a nearby club with a few folks from the bar for a couple of drinks to wind down after the night's work. So anyway, there was nothing to report from the bar ...