Best Western Queens Hotel Perth

... but one side has nothing - it's just bare and exposing a monstrous building left from the time when the area mined coal from under the sea. I ask a guy sat next to me what the building is used for now and he tells me that it's going to be dismantled but requires a lot of money and asbestos specialists to take it down. The coastline will look ...

The day I had been waiting for had officially arrived. The night we were in Glasgow, Luke and I decided to take our own trip to St. Andrews and play golf on the famous St. Andrews' Golf Course. We took an evening bus to St. Andrews from Glasgow. At first we were on a bus that didn't go all the way to St. Andrews direct so the bus driver let us off at a stop and directed us towards a bus that would take us there quicker (incident #1). This and a million other incidences ...

... bronze level, which is therefore technically the lowest... hmm! Anyway, the first place Mum requested to stop was a "pretty little fishing village" called Elie. What the guidebook failed to mention was that the moment you stepped out of the car you'd have to fight with all your might ...

... We have some accomodation booked as well as lots of golf.
The ipod is fully charged with music, audiobooks and back episodes of The Archers!
As super organisers nothing is left to chance and spreadsheets have been created to make sure we are in the correct place on the right day. No freewheeling for us!
Will keep you posted.
Please keep in touch.

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And then to the east face, which was once the main entrance, drawbridge and all.



The south side is where the visitors entrance now is ...

... phones through to the AA and books a transporter to take me back to take me back to Nottingham (East Leake).

Tow truck 1, turns up at 11:50 to take me on the first leg of the journey home from Fort William to Stirling. This takes approx 3 hours and I get dropped at Stirling service station where I am supposed to be met by the next tow truck. It takes about an hour for the next truck to turn up. Which was arranged for 14:30

... to throw a weight over a bar. The weight weighs 56 pounds and the bar can be as high as 16 feet.

All of them compete in kilts. That was one of my favorite things about the entire day of competition. There is clearly a tremendous sense of national pride among the Scottish
people. The competitors wear kilts with plaid designs which designate what family clan they belong to – Campbell, Boyd, etc ... Rachel told us that you can tell the really well-designed ...

... the Beehive for dinner before the Literary Pub Tour. We had a great dinner in the back garden and enjoyed one of the few sunny afternoons in Edinburgh. We have really lucked out on the weather! The Literary Pub Tour was interesting and was conducted by two gentlemen who worked in tandem to show the brilliance and drunkenness (aka "duality of man") of Edinburgh's most noted authors and poets. Along the way, of course, we experienced our own ...

Travelling along the Glens, and stopping at tempting distilleries (for research purposes only of course) we ended up at Perth [ http://www.perthshire-scotland.co.uk/pe rth2.htm ] where we will stay two nights. This place is quite historical: Known to the Romans as Bertha from the Celtic 'Aber The' meaning mouth of the Tay. The city has been a Royal Burgh since the 13thC and was a Royal residence throughout the middle ages. Perth is often refered to as the ...

... with a herd of does on a hillside near the road. We got to the Perth area after the Scone Palace was technically closed, but we decided to head in the open entrance gate anyways. They'd had some big event today and still had quite a few people around. We weren't allowed right up to the castle, but they let us take some pictures. Scone Palace is where many of the Scottish royals were crowned. We left Scone and headed through Perth (another signage mishap) towards our B & B in ...