Blogs from Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 3

Saturday, September 23, 2023, Lerwick The first workshop has been completed. It was a weaving project that once profeciency was attained could possibly produce a “snood” which in ontario english is a cowl. To get to the Sport Complex we asked the bus driver about Broch of Clickimin thinking that the two were one and the same thing. Of course the Broch is a bronze age structure and the sports centre bears its name. Let the walking begin. Luckily we had enough time for myself to hobble behind Sherry and get there in time for two o'clock. And what an impressive sports centre it turned out to be...what a pool. Children of all ages were enjoying the water slide, large swim instructing pool and the spacious snack bar sesrving soup,crisps, salads and drinks. Sherry and I ... read more

We arrived in the Edinburgh Airport right on time. We asked for a wheelchair for Nanci as we thought it would be so much easier for her to get through the airport. The mobility assist people were waiting for us. The only problem they wait together for all those passengers needing mobility assistance whether us 2 or 20 and they move them together. So that means waiting, and waiting, and waiting. As people were getting off on he plane and heading to border control the lines were getting longer and longer. I did notice that they seemed to be moving very fast, though. However no worries for us…the mobility assist people took us right through to an empty line and we were through in less than 5 minutes!! Our mobility assistants were excellent. One pushed the ... read more

Up and ‘On The Road Again’ to Blair Castle home of the Dukes of Athol and the Athol Highlanders …. A great morning spent exploring the castle !!! Onto Pitlochry a quaint little town and had some lunch soup etc …. Drove on through Dundee and back to normal countryside …. Johnny the tour guide got us all looking for crocodiles along the river Tye on the banks of Dundee (having the Australians on) there were 22 Americans 22 Australians 4 Kiwis and 2 Canadians on this Tour …. We reached St Andrew’s by the sea famous for golf and where William and Kate went to university together and met ….had a wander in town (full of students) and back on the bus across the firth of fourth into the Scottish capital Edinborough and stayed beside ... read more

Left Glasgow and travelled out to Loch Lomond we boarded our boat for a cruise on the lake … saw Rob Roy’s Cave and stunning misty scenery, as we finished the cruise the steering went and had an extended cruise and a circus complete with several ring masters to get us back to the jetty …. We continued through the STUNNING Scottish Highlands onto Fort William we found a traditional noisy pub and got some soup and hot chips for lunch as it is quite cool in these regions now into Autumn… left in time to get back to the bus and not bothered about the shops …. Getting a bit shopped out and looking for more of the history and sights rather than shops … travelled through more of the Highlands and past Eileen Donna ... read more

September 21 Thursday Toronto Pearson Airport Gate 33 There was a moment when I thought I would have to tell Sherry this trip was cancelled ...luckily I could still walk with my wonky knee...but just barely. The drive down from Sudbury was uneventful except for the fact that I spilled the ice water which had been cooling my engorged left knee, all over the back seat of a brand new VW. No idea why that happened ...the seal on the ziplock bag seemed secure....what a birthday present ...hitting a big zero and falling apart immediately. The wonky knee must have happened when I was shutting down the summer house for winter. I did do the work of two days in one because of an unexpected delightful visit to a friends garage where all kinds of goodies ... read more