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Digging up the Scottish Family Tree
We left Liverpool for Scotland with two things: 1. Great memories of Liverpool; and 2. Michelle with a cold. The severe icy blast that hit the city proved too much for Michelle's neck (pre-new scarf). Nonetheless we pushed onto Lime Street Station and boarded the 2,5 hour train journey to Edinburgh. The rail system works great and the novelty of moving through the countryside at break neck speed munching sandwiches and trying to take photos is lots ...
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
... until 1983. At that time, my maternal grandmother, living in England, undertook some detective work and located a half brother named Innes Dalgetty.
The physical similarity between the two brothers was strikingly undeniable and an incredibly close bond immediately formed. Even though there was half a world between them, visits to and from Innes and Maureen were the ...
Ben Nevis
... 10 . Down sucked, it is hell on a tall guys knees. It was way ***********ger and more beautiful then I thought. They were closed for lunch early at visitors center i was choked i wanted a coffee so bad. It was -5 at top 6inches of snow plus 10 at bottom my sweaty tshirt froze at top. I drove to ferry and had a venison burger and belhaven best bitter so good. I spent the rest of the day touring Skye and booked tour for morning ...
Hightailing it through the Highlands
... seriously. There was some real teamwork and strategy to winning. We also enjoyed listening to the pipe bands, watching the drum majors, Highland dancers, the athletics and traditional Scottish games which involved throwing ridiculously big things like hammers and poles. We even saw a few records broken which had been standing for about 20 years. But sadly we did not catch a glimpse of Ewan McGregor.
Our next stop was Fort William, we’d been hoping ...