We have done quite a bit since the last post. We went to the Lochness Exhibition Centre and guess what - scientists have proven that Nessie doesn't exist!!! What!!! We were lucky enough to stay at a caravan park right on the waters edge of Loch Ness itself - it would have to be one of the best places we have stayed - the sound of the water, the height of the mountains that surround her and the feeling of being somewhere a bit magical - it was more than fabulous! You'll notice above a picture of the Sochness Monster.....
From here we found the little village of Crieff - not much bigger than Gatton - but not far from here we found Drummond Castle - although we weren't able to go into the castle, we were able to walk around the grounds - the gardens are absolutely unique .. Sue picked up many souvenirs. We ended up staying a couple of days in Crieff then we moved on to Dunning again to dig up a few more members of my family- and i had some success in the grave yard at St Serfs church finding David Lawson and Mary Deuchars. We spent quite a bit of time walking around the village - which is very small - and on both occasions that we have been in Dunning it has been freezing cold!
We then moved onto St Finnans and not only did we find the Drummond Arms Hotel, but we stayed there - we had a meal of haggis which to my surprise is quite delicious! It was a fun night, there was an Aussie guy who worked behind the bar so it was nice to hear a familiar accent. We woke the next morning and zipped to a neighbouring village as there were Highland Games happening - they were great - the pipers and drummers marching in was fantastic and the sound of bagpipes and drums always makes me feel quite emotional! We had a great time watching the highland fling, the hammer throw, the throwing of the shieff but unfortunately we had to leave to get to our next destination and missed the caber toss!
We have been busy - yesterday we had a fly by visit to Glasgow - might i say the weather has been horrible for the last couple of days so walking around in the pouring rain sight seeing isn't my idea of fun.... so we've been shopping! We met a Irish girl in an art gallery that we visited - their main exhibition was the most recent of Bob Dylan prints - Sue was after buying the collection but it was a bit out of our price range at £9800!!! Anyway, Lisa the art gallery curator has given us some greats tips for our visit to Ireland..... back to the shopping.... Sue and I are not the proud owners of ridgy-didge scottish kilts - with socks, sock flags, belts and buckles - sue has also got a sporen!
As i sit here typing away, oh, we are in the township of Ayr on the west coast - Sue is off at Monster Ink getting herself a celtic knot tattoo...
Okay, we only have 3 more nights in the campervan - it really has been fabulous - so on Thursday morning we drop it back in York -where we will spend the night and then on Friday we Bus/train it back to St Pancras Station in London and then hop on another train to Brighton! Where we play at the Brighton Festival on Saturday - yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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