Oops a daisy. I put the alarm on for 05.00. Woke up. Put my watch in my hand. Went back to sleep again. So unlike me! Hurry up!! We needed to be at the airport between 07.30 and 08:00 as the Easyjet Flight was to leave at 09:10. I don't like to get to the airport too early when I fly with “The Small Young Gentleman”. Its hard work!! I squashed everything and packed our suitcase and backpack to the limit. My God, the backpack was heavy. The Eurohostel was a few minutes away from Glasgow Central Station and so we [View Full Entry]

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It's the first of August. Hurrah! Its still summer!! The evening before, we arrived Glasgow after 10p.m. and made our way to our last accommodation in Scotland. I had reserved two nights at the “Eurohostel Glasgow” for the special deal of ₤37.50 per night including continental breakfast. We were so exhausted the night before but it was good to be in our own bunked private double room with ( I must compliment them on this ) clean, crisp, cool, white cotton bedsheets! The plan today is: To have no plans! Nah! Just kidding!! Seriously though, today was [View Full Entry]

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Hi Friends and Family! Yes, the Isle of Skye! Of all the variety of Highland landforms, the mountain profiles of Skye create the strongest sense of awe and had drawn visitors to The Island since the days of Sir Walter Scott. Indeed, there are only 2,000 people in Portree and 10,000 people on the whole island! The Isle of Skye is joined to the mainland by the Skye Bridge at Kyle of Lochalsh and also has two mainland ferry connections from Maillag and Glenelg (summer only). The Cuillin of Skye is the island's best known feature and though their mountain peaks [View Full Entry]

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The Isle of Skye is a stronghold of Gaelic culture and a paradise for walkers and anyone who wants to experience The Highlands at their most majestic and atmospheric. Skye has views over the Minch and rocky islets and the Isle of Mist as Skye is known as, is soaked in romance and myth. It was with this in mind that we decided to explore, in the guise of an independent trek on Scorrybreac or the “breadbasket of Skye”. According to an old Gaelic saying all Highlanders had a “right to a deer from the hill, a tree from the wood [View Full Entry]

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Today, we're going to the Isle of Skye. We took our pre-paid / pre-paid booked coach from Inverness to Skye. ₤14 for the 3.5 hour journey. The coach was packed and “everybody” was going to the Isle of Skye”. Its a popular destination for backpackers and German-speakers! They have good taste. We have good taste too. Luckily, we had pre-paid 'cos the going rate would have been 60 pounds for the two of us. Gulp! We got to Skye about 12:00, in the town of Portree. We were at the Portree Independent Hostel which was right in the centre of town [View Full Entry]

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Hi Friends and Family! I had booked a 2.5 hour tour outside of Inverness. We were going on a cruise to Loch Ness! We went with a company called “ Jacobite” which laid on a coach and cruise for the reasonable sum of ₤30.50 for the both of us. We started at 9:15 and arrived at the Loch Ness 30 minutes later. We then took a cruise across the lake looking for Nessie. The water was mysterious, smoky, quiet and a bit dark. It felt like being in the throngs of a classic horror before the monsters came out! Loch Ness [View Full Entry]

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Pack! Pack!! Pack!!! We're running out of clean clothes. 'Hope we can find a laundry soon. It should be feasible 'cos Inverness is near the sea.....apparently!! We got a free bus ride 'cos the driver hadn't got any change from ₤10. What a nice man! Once again, we took our pre-booked and pre-paid train from Aberdeen to Inverness. ₤7.50 for me and ₤3.75 for a child! Meanwhile, “The Small Young Gentleman” made himself comfortable by playing with Gordon and China, the two children nearby which was lucky as the train, which should have taken 2 hours, was 38 m [View Full Entry]

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'Morning! We're going out of town today. Hurrah! Our breakfast ( the best so far ) was hot porridge and milk, cereal, a Scottish breakfast with the usual stuff plus fried black pudding ( not really my thing! ), toast, ( bowls of prunes and fruit salad if you were so inclined ), pots of tea and hot chocolate, even “The Small young Gentleman” managed a plate of scrambled eggs. He particularly wanted the porridge 'cos I had tried to make it at home but I wasn't very good! Our coach was to leave at 11:35 from the Aberdeen Bus Station. [View Full Entry]

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Hi Friends and Family! After a refreshing sleep in which “The Small Young Gentleman” fell out of bed and I got up at 6 a.m. Again! We had an early breakfast at 7:30 and booked a taxi for 8:40 as our train was to leave at 9:10. We paid an extravagant 7.00 pounds. Gulp! I had pre-booked and pre-paid our reserved train seats for the 2.5 hour trip to Aberdeen - ₤10.00 for me and ₤5.00 for “The Small Young Gentleman”. We received free cans of Coca Cola Zero which they were promoting and used the journey to play “Happy Feet” [View Full Entry]

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This morning I had a wonderful power shower. In a lovely bathroom. Ahhh!!! Breakfast was a full cooked one for me and just cereal for “The Small Young Gentleman”. Unsurprisingly, didn't like the sausages, baked beans or tomatoes! The plan today was to go on a Walking Tour. Yesterday, we popped into the Tourist Information Office who forgot to tell us that Bus 36 ( which we needed ) had been diverted and wasn't actually going to the bus-stop they had directed us to! Anyway, I saw a walking tour called “Saints and Sinners” and it was FREE. Yes please!! We [View Full Entry]

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