Well, today was a day of FIRSTS.....we woke up in a castle (definitely a FIRST). Breakfast was incredible, a full Scottish breakfast - black pudding, kippers (for Russell), potato scones, toasties, Scottish oats, sausages, poached eggs, back bacon, and scrambled eggs and smoked salmon for Rachel. Then after we packed up, we headed over to the beach down the road. Another FIRST - we found hundreds of jellyfish!!! Some were washed up on shore and you could check them out close up - they were clear with purple centres. There were also hundreds in the water. Also we saw crabs in little tiny shells. After about an hour on the beach, we finally got back in the car. By the way, did I mention that for the FIRST time, it was sunny the whole day practically!!!
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