Breadalbane Arms Aberfeldy

... me on the road just seconds before I get there. Aargh! It's an hour to the next one so I plod back to the bar. It turns out one lovely couple are staying down in Glencoe and offer me a lift. This is a very kind offer as the youth hostel in Glencoe is actually two miles from the bus stop and I take it up immediately!

Entering my room at the hostel, I hear "hello again". It's Helen, an Australian teacher, who I met at the youth hostel in Inverness ...

A surprise - wasn't expecting to see this type of detail in a non-fancy church. Looks like a farmhouse on the outside, but on the inside a very detailed painted ceiling.

I would guess that not too many people actually make it out to this site.

... up on the A9 we went past the entry to the Monarch of the Glen – apparently the royals turned down this house and took up Balmoral residence so this was made available for the popular tv show. Going through the countryside full of drenched highland cattle, black faced sheep and ram and loads of Heather we later went through Glen Gloy which is meant to be known as the 'Great Glen'. Further on we went past the Well of the Seven ...

... background. First fridge magnet brought of the Cathedral!


Across from the cathedral Lynda explained Uncle Dave's ashes were scattered by the River Tay and on the edge of the Cathedral as this was one of his favourite spots. Plus we learnt Lynda is a dog rescuer! River Tay has a particularly strong current so a dog she was dog-sitting (few months prior) was very lucky indeed.

... just called simply Cheeseburgers.
We would have felt quite at home if we weren't vegetarians! No, actually, they did have fish and chips (chips are our traditional french fries) and also ice cream. Mmm. There were many stands selling all sorts of different sweets. Rachel told us that sweets are very popular with Scottish people. Maybe that's where I get my sweet tooth. It's in my family ancestry. Anyway, I knew right away from that alone that I was going to like the ...

Left Edinburgh today for a relatively short drive north to Pitlochry. Wat you've never heard of Pitlochry? Well until our last trip to the UK in 2007 neither had we but we stopped there on the way from Inverness to Edinburgh on the suggestion of the hosts at Trafford bank B&B in Inverness.

Queen Victoria visited there in the 1850's (?) and that was enough to set it on the list of must see before I die places for Victorian England and ...

... time...

Pythoned out, we set off to find the campground, and I realized that I was a bit more tired than I had thought. 1st day back felt great, but wore me out. Upon arrival, there was a big sign that said the campground was full - ****! Forgot about it being the weekend...but I wanted to go ask anyways. We've encountered this several times before, but it's not usually hard to squeeze in one little tent ...

... them and poke and prod and re-coat the globs, twirling all the while. I didn't actually see any blowing, just the production line creation of glass paperweights. Danny's prize souvenir is a bit of coloured glass scavenged from beside the rubbish bins in the carpark.
Chinese take-away in the campervan for tea tonight. Actually it was “carry-out” (served by a man with a Chinese face but a very Scottish accent) eaten in the motorhome – get it right!

... the back drop is of the castle and the William Wallace monument is.....We both agreed that so far this is the highlight of the trip. After having a pint (of course) we did our sight seeing and headed back to Glasgow. Our last night in Glasgow was a mixed bag...We found a great pub called Sloans, and then we went to Rogano's "Oyster Bar" (Stew). Some great entertainment at that place. I was tempted to drink a champagne given to me from a local, but Kathy was the voice of ...

... quick enough and soon we were pulling into eddies, going through rapids (max. grade 3), etc. I did fall out at one point and had to swim clutching my kayak to the bank. I lost a shoe of my wet-suit at this point. After about 3 hours we were done and we returned to the hostel in Ween and decided to spend the night there as it was so nice. We had a whole studio to ourselves