Abbotsford Lodge Dumbarton

Travelled from Fife over to West of Scotland and Hamilton, just south of Glasgow.
Watched the game which Hamilton won 2-1 and really enjoyed the atmosphere. On the radio on the way home though learned that there had been fighting in the players tunnel after the game and the Police had been involved. Boys will be boys!!
Sat with the Hearts fans ... not happy! Team were poor and they can see their club is in decline!

After about a 4 hours drive we headed straight into Glasgow. Had a quick tour of the city and then a visit to the oldest Pub in Glasgow. On sitting down we soon realised we had just sat beside the village idiot! His conversation ranged from him being in a "Black hole" in and out of Hell, his skill at being a match maker and how "Men would hit their sons and their sons would hit ...

The next destination on our trip was to Scotland. Now, this is a place I have had on my list to see for a long time. The chance to finally experience it and see it in its full glory was awesome! We landed pretty much on top of water and were able to see the water the entire train ride into Glasgow.

When we arrived at the train station in Glasgow, the group got separated and we decided to wait for them and get a coffee ...

Is this just me or happening to other people?Hired a Fiat Punto 1.2 diesel from Ciampino airport,Rome in October.Had it filled up by an attendant at a garage 3 km from airport before returning.Just received a bill for 23 euros from Avis for fuel.Gauge showed full on leaving garage.
Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom taffglasgow

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 ...

... The only type that I would drink is the 18-yr old Scotch, but at US$80/bottle, I don't think I'll get into it... But now at least I know.

After the tour we headed into Glasgow for lunch. Stopped at this little Tapas bar and had a tasty selection of meat, cheese, and dips. I can't remember the name of it for the life of me and I forgot to take a picture. Dinner was at a Scottish restaurant called Raeburn's which is really close to the hotel.

... say they didn't accept Euros there (which we had used the entire trip until that point) and then that little bell went off in my head and realized we were where we were. Pounds it is in the UK! Today was filled full of travel over to Scotland. It felt a lot like Steve Martin in Planes, Trains and Automobiles, except we didn't fly (but did visit and airport) and did take a ferry. From our home at the Lynolan B&B in ...

... traditional Scottish Haggis when we were evacuated from the tiny restaurant that we hunted for due to some person smoking in their room in the above hotel!! Turned out we still paid for it but we were not that satisfied. Ack well plenty of time for the real haggis!! Awake nice and early we were on our way to the Isle of Skye, one of the biggest attractions Scotland has. Would you believe that the sun was shining and not a cloud in sight for the ...

... stay, although i was really tired as I just stayed up for two nights straight. ****** thing is my camera is now gone either lost or stolen and now have no pictures of the above saga. Pity that the Oilers lost but I was just happy they beat Detroit. I also am pleased that although the Oil didn' win it, Carolina is a classy team and lets face it full of Canucks and Albertans. Oh and strange thing was I met a guy in the pub that not only lived in St. Albert but grew up on my ...

... the Rangers and Celtic Championship up for grabs, Scotland vs Moldova for the world cup qualifying. I was gobsmacked to hear the Moldovans were going to be staying at the Inn, because I had JUST finished a travel book called, "Playing the Moldovans at Tennis" the writer bet his friends that he could beat every one of the Moldovan Football Players at Tennis and how he gets through all the beauracracy(this is the same fella who bet his friends he could hitch hike ...