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A somewhat less quick update...
... tickets to the Edinburgh recording of The Unbelievable Truth this coming Monday, and since I'd asked about spares earlier, was I interested in using them?
Now, as I mentioned in my last entry, I'd tried and failed to get tickets to this. So I was feeling terribly disappointed, and was planning to go to the venue on the day and see if there were any no-shows whose tickets I could use. So finding out that someone actually had spares was a HUGE relief, and left me ...
Day 68 - The village chav, I presume?
... amazed me though, was that while he popped into then store, with an immense expression of human kindness, in order that nobody was deprived of this toilet cacophony, he left the music on?
Escaping the noise, I aimed myself up and out of the village, on a path then tarred farm track, up and onto the moors. Would you believe that the track was once the western invasion road of Agricola, back in the very early AD's. History is a fickle little sod, how the mighty ...
The last leg of the Scottish Tour
... s they have over here. We also visited a Broch, which is a prehistoric stone roundhouse. Half of it was still standing and became a great shelter from the wind and rain! Getting to it without falling over from the wind was the biggest challenge! The Broch dates from about 2300 - 1900 years ago! After that we made it up to the Butt of Lewis - the most northern tip of the Isle. And yes, it was also very, very windy up there! We made it back to ...
Heading South the Slow Way
Once our train arrived, we climbed aboard and found a seat to settle down in for the 2 hour ride to Perth where we had to change trains. On the way we watched a movie and enjoyed the scenery again; it had stopped snowing today though more was forecast for later. Once we arrived in Perth, we headed for the Edinburgh platform and hopped on the train that was waiting there. What we didn't realise was that ...
Castle Adventures
... and updated. But even without this fact, the castle has gone through many changes over the years.
Most notable 'redecorating' was in 1314 during the time of Robert the Bruce. While in conflict with the English (surprise), the Scots just didn't have enough men to defend the castle. After a siege, the Scots decided to destroy the only thing worth having: the castle. Leveling it to the ground so ...



