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November 16th 2007

Published: November 16th 2007

Monday 12th November We awoke to a cold morning, the car was covered in ice and the thermometer gave the outside temperature as - 4.5 degrees. Breakfast was not as good as those we have been having, no choice of cereals and the bare bits of a cooked breakfast - perhaps Scottish breakfasts aren't as hearty as English breakfasts! After washing the ice off the car windows with some warm water we se... Read Full Entry

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Judy and Rags

Weggs

We first backpacked in Eastern Europe in 2001 visiting Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia & Italy. In 2002 we spent the whole 12 months backpacking around the world. This was before blogs so find details here: http://members.iinet.net.au/~weggs/weggs_world/index.htm In 2007 we enjoyed another 6 months. This time we organised some home exchanges to help the budget, meet new people and be able to kick back and relax in a few places. Hawaii, San Francisco, Mexico, Croatia, England, Scotland, Canary Islands, Czech Republic, Austria, Netherlands, China & Tibet were all visited either briefly or fo... full info

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Cute house at St Fillans

Cup of coffee at Loch Earn

So peaceful, great place to sit back and relax with more time.

Plane on Loch Earn near St Fillans

Loch Earn

Pheasants

On a drive along a little lane looking for a waterfall (we didn't find) we did find these courting pheasants and enjoyed watching their antics.

Loch Lubnaig

Perfect reflections in such still water.

Loch Lubnaig

This is only a small sample of the wonderful scenes we photographed.

Loch Katrine

Achtray Forest

These trees made us think we were seeing double!

Attractive growth on trees in The Trossachs

What is this called? Is it a type of mistletoe?

Gretna Green

Over a thousand couples a year still get married at this famous blacksmith shop.

Gretna Green

The grounds were full of romantic sculptures.

Tartan Ties at Gretna Green

Thistles

Our only sightings of these plants were in the shop at Gretna Green

More romance at Gretna Green

16th November 2007

jim
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the homeland
hola amigos... all is well here in vallarta. rosa sends her love. i see you are in my wonderful homeland. i feel i must correct you on our flag. it's a white cross on a blue background, hence the background colour of the union jack. i bet your perth is much more inviting in climate than ours. billy connolly says that you can spot a scotsman with a tan... that's when he stops being blue and turns white. loving this blog... we are hearing the true report on judy's attack of "turista" (montezuma's revenge). hope she feels great now.

17th November 2007

Thelma
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Scotland.
Well Scotland certainly looks a very interesting place to visit. Don't they call it the Home of the Brave ? I think I can see why now. There looks like a lot of climbing to me! But the views are magnificent that's for sure. And how did you enjoy the Haggis, Rags? I could have eaten the Black Pudding because I like that, but no-one here in Perth, Aust. seems to be able to make it properly. Did you tell that lady that made the comment about Judy being "A Bonny Lass", that it runs in her family ??? Pity about the cold weather you had, but I suppose it was expected. Rags you could have bought some Moleskins at the R M Williams store. I think they have one here in Perth, I know they have one in Adelaide.(I used to know someone in the Mounted Police who wore them all the time.) Cheers, Love Mum

17th November 2007

Weggs
Judy and Rags

Scottish Flag
Oops, and I was a Boy Scout! Have fixed. Glad all well in Vallarta Jim, could do with a bit of your temperature here at the moment! Keep in touch. Cheers Rags

17th November 2007

Larni
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Hi there Glad you made it to Edinburgh, you got better pics than me! Shame you didn't go into Glasgow it is very different but you cant do it all. Im glad the food is getting mentions, my cuisine page has had lots of hits. well it was hard to come back to the land of the living.We sat with two nurses who work in the Hospital at Blackpool and exactly as they described i think. They were gorgeous girls though that commuted there. Stay safe, keep writing xx

18th November 2007

Dave - Mum's fried
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Och! Away
Lovely to see the photos. But - don't use warm water to wash off the ice from the windscreen! You can crack it! Scrape it off with a credit card (Expired) or buy de-icer from a garage. I know the Lake District well - pleased you managed to see it. Enjoy the haggis and the black pudding, Savoury Duck and all those things. Dave - Harold Hawthorne

19th November 2007

Mandys
Lucy and Roman

Lucy and Roman
Hi there, glad to see you're still enjoying the delights of travel. Too bad that we've finished ours and having to look on enviously! Cheers! Hope you keep warm with lots of good warming tipple!

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