I joined Marisa and Ben in Edinburgh, Scotland for a few days cruising around. We went from Edinburgh to Inverness, John O'Groats, Tongue, the Isle of Skye, Fort William and a detour to some hill otherwise known as Hadrians wall.
Marisa and Ben left a couple of days before me so I went up on the train to Edinburgh to meet them. On the way up I got a great view of the East of England and I think its a shame I havent been here before as some of the country side is quite beautiful. I met Marisa and Ben and also our Uncle Adrian who was in town for a couple of days.
The next day we headed up to Inverness. We went to Loch Ness and whilst we didnt see Nessy herself, a bus load of backpackers turned up as we did. They provided the entertainment as about 4 blokes and 1 girl went swimming!! The water was very cold and I'm glad it was them and not me!!
We had an interesting night in Inverness where a local woman declared 'I like girls' while grinning at Marisa and patting my head (what the??). We moved pubs and got talking to some local lads and playing pool. Marisa and Ben got an insight in to UK football culture when a brawl of about 5 blokes kicked off seemingly out of nowhere between supporters of Celtic and Rangers. I had gone to the toilet and when I came back out the pub was virtually empty with a few people looking out the window. The brawl was moving up and down the street so we waited until it went the other way and we went out the door to head in the opposite direction! So from there we toned it down a bit with some Itallian food instead!
Next day we headed further North to a town called Tain - where my great grandparents emigrated from to Australia in the late 1800's. We called in at the local Glen Morangie distillery but unfortunately they were booked out! So I bought some whiskey anyhow to conduct my own 'tour' later... From there we went to John O'Groats on the north tip of Scotland (the actuall most northern point is a few miles away - we went there too) before going around to Tongue on the North Coast.
Next day we set off to the Isle of Sky - where ancestors on our mother's side came from many generations ago. I wondered if I would feel like I had arrived home when we got to Skye..........hmmm.........no....nothing. Its a nice place though but I may as well have been on Mars for familiarity!
On the way back we stayed in Fort William and then drove alongside Loch Lamond before making a loooong journey home!
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