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... me, or found me really pitiful because they came back and told me it was fixable and I would not have to pay for it (incident #4).

Not only did I not have to pay for it, but they also gave us a free shuttle ride (incident # 5) back to the old course. I'm telling you, NICEST people in the world. We got to the old course, did a bit of sketching, but then the rain started to fall. Luckily, we had finished our round and the day went off without any other hitches.

... tinsy, slightly miserable looking Scottish villages, and we rarely got to see the coast. Despite this, every place you drive through in Fife has a sign welcoming you to a "beautiful Fife, award winning town", with three grades, bronze, silver and gold. Most places had only made ...

... hope that this will serve as a record of our travels and will also help to keep us in touch with friends and family.
I should be uploading photographs to accompany this but at this stage I am unwilling to share the shambles that we are surrounded by! Piles of clothes and shoes - many of which I know that I will have to discard!
Our plans are almost ...

... cup of tea, so I left the sightseeing there for today, and drove the 5 min stretch back to Bo'ness. A nice little excursion on the way back from the gym... couldn't do that in Warrington!

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 ...

... with me. It comes in the form of a key chain, which has pride of place on my one and only handbag...yes one handbag for one whole year...

Anyway, I am hoping to write on here from time to time as I move on from California to New Zealand, Australia and beyond, so please do check in and see what I have been up to and also let me know how you are getting on!

Keep in touch!!

xoxo

... rain and everyone raced for their cars.
DAVE -
Seeing a Highland Games was AWESOME! I especially loved the Tug-O-War. The competitors are quite serious – the winning teams obviously had lots of practice and experience, their synchronization in footwork was pretty impressive. Each T.O.W.
team represents a certain town or area and their friendly rivalry was fun to watch. Just have to wonder, how much time do they put in practicing for these events? All those ...

A bit more leisurely morning today, as our train ride to the town of Stirling was much shorter. We enjoyed our toast, eggs, ham, beans, and bangers at the guest house and then caught the 11:30am train. Stirling is another great little town located in the Central Highlands, about an hour northeast from Edinburgh. While there we visited Stirling Castle, which actually kicks Edinburgh Castle's ass. Oh, and once again no rain in sight. We spent a good couple of hours tooling around ...

... We went to Scone Palace where all the king of Scotland have been corrinated. We also went to the small town of Pitlochry and toured the Blair Athol Distillery where they make Bells Scotch Wiskey and to Atholl Palace which is now a very fancy hotel. We also went to the town of Crieff where they make their world renoun pottery and we toured a pottery factory. And the village of Dunkeld (the whole village is only one street long).