Blogs from Loch Lomond, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2

Can't be positive, but we think we had a bagpiper ghost in our bathroom because we heard bagpipes all night. We asked everyone else but nobody else heard it. At breakfast Colleen made us all try black pudding (blood pudding) and haggis. Haggis is made from sheep organs mixed with onion, oatmeal, suet and salt. Neeps and tatties mixed with stock and simmered in the animals stomach for 3 hours..GROSS!! Today we followed the River Clyde down to Loch Ness where we spotted Nessy! We even got a picture of him. Then we saw more water, water, water, lochs, firths ... it got a little confusing for everyone. We saw our first castle at Uraquat. Beautiful. We just arrived at Charlie Chaplin's summer hotel in Nairn Scotland to spend the night. Very swanky! We just had ... read more

Dag 3, amai, we zullen het geweten hemme ... serieus wa kilometers in de bene (alleh, bande) en tegelijk natuurlijk veel afgezien. Onder schitterende zonnestralen! For starters : Loch ness (alleen het Loch, dieje Nessie da s maar bedrog peizen we), Glen Afric; een heeeeeeeeeeeeeel schoon (volgens de greutva toch) reservaat van natuur. Onder de zonnestralen. Schoon kleurkes van grauwe bomen (in alle tonaties), begroeid mos, her en der de gaspeldoorn in den bloei, veel (en koud) water-van-de-highlands, nen hoop gebeeste etc etc. Next; kasteel Urquhart (of zoiet), maar dan wel vanop nen afstand. We waren immers de vallei van Glen Afric in gegaan, die we helemaal terug moesten en ni tegen 120 per uur zene, in die kronkelwegeskes en links rijjen. Nog altijd gin Nessie gezien. Richting Eilan Donan-castle dan maar. Ook een vallei in, ... read more

Found this in paper - ideal outing with parents. Coach trip to see the Falkirk Wheel, ride on The Waverley paddle steamer on the Clyde, the Jacobite Lord of the Isles steam engine pulling the train between Fort William - Mallaig and the Sir Walter Scott steam boat on Loch Katrine. Perfect viewing weather. Fawlty Towers base at Arrachar Hotel on Loch Long (sadly in amongst RAF mountain rescue clearing debris from that awful jet tragedy). Food was fine though. DJ on Wednesday night never got past the 1950s. Several ail biting coach rides along loch roads. V interesting and hilarious blue badge guide on coach (convinced she was related to my friend Sandra Johnston). Driver was entertaining too. Met some real characters in coach party. Nice four days on the west coast and only four ... read more

Day dawned bright and clear, so we decided to head off to Loch Lomond to be tourists for the day. We headed straight up the lochside to the village of Tarbert, and I had my first chance at taking views of the loch looking downwards. It was freezing. but then I suppose unless it is summer it is always going to be freezing! The area was really peaceful, and hardly another soul to be seen. No doubt all the visitors staying in the area were still celebrating or recovering from the excesses of Christmas. ... read more

just a quick update as im on borrowed energy time on the mac im in scotland now and have been for two weeks. time flies when your pretending to be in your 70's haha im staying with the grandparents which is nice cause i havent seen them in almost twelve years we have a nice little routine i sleep until whenever i want then when i wake up i get tea and cookies only to be followed by more tea and fresher cookies and a hearty dinner of beef or fish and chips with more cookies and tea. that ten pounds i lost is definitely trying to come back but ive been running so all is good my skinny jeans are loose and thats all that matters so far ive been spending a lot of time ... read more