Edinburgh
We have a chip on the car window that Trina acquired late last week, so we felt that it was probably best to get it sorted before heading into the wilds. Dividing and conquering, Trina headed to Autoglass and I popped into Edinburgh to get a new lens cap for my camera – who knows where I have lost that. The lovely man in Jessops has made me have one with a strap to attach it to the camera – I think that he suspects I can’t be trusted!?!?!?!
Sat in Starbucks in Waterstones, with a view of the castle writing this now. I know that some people have an aversion to Starbucks, but this is one of my favourite places and it’s good to be here. It’s peaceful, the sun is shining, I am drinking a Chai Latte – what more could I need??
I love it here. The city is comfortable. I breathe well here. It was my home. Mostly I love it because Gareth is here, and I am so pleased that he is marrying Laurence. We have added to their already chaotic flat – 2 boys, 2 bunnies, 1 brother and us two, yet they give up their bed, make us dinner and drinks. They take it all in their stride and love you.
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Heading out of Edinburgh we went in search of the Airth Highland Games. As we were unsure about where it was, we put our trust in Trina’s Sat Nav. Sometimes Sat Nav’s are just what you need but on this occasion it took us on a very strange route. Out of Edinburgh and north over the Forth Bridge – only to be told to take the next junction and head back across the bridge. Both Trina and I were quite excited about going over the bridge in the first place – the fact that the Sat Nav sent us over twice was a bonus, even if we didn’t really have to pass over it.
We got to Airth about 12 noon, passing the marching band who were getting ready to start their parade. I was so excited I was like a child! The bagpipes, the tartan, the dancers, the strong men, and all the fun of the fair, set in front of the beautiful mountains – perfect!!
We surveyed the showground and headed back onto the main street to see the band. I had to run (no mean feat in flip flops) to try to get ahead of them to take photos – I hope you appreciate them!! We seemed to get ourselves attached to the back of the parade of players and important town’s folk and snuck into the show ground by the back entrance – whoops!
A couple of hours of strolling, watching the games – cycling and running, hammer shot and caper (we missed the caper much to my sadness), individual and group bagpipe playing and all the fun of the fair, before we needed to get into the car and head for the Mull ferry.
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Airth to Mull
A 3 hour journey from Airth over the Tussock’s found us on the harbour side at Oban – with half hour to spare before the ferry. It was nice to be on the ferry as poor Trina had a hard drive following many slow vehicles and be both needed a rest and to be out in the fresh air! We had a beautiful crossing, but then we have had good weather so far – fingers crossed for the rest of the week!
Arriving on Mull at 7pm we still had a drive to our first wild campsite. Calgary bay is an established wild campsite, with the luxury of toilets. When we arrived we chose a spot well away from the noisy music, alongside the families and older generations. Tent pitched, bunting up, and ready to explore the beach – we decided it was a bit too late for a swim if we were to be at all warm that night. Such a lovely beach, we were definitely going to be in for a treat the next morning. Back to camp for dinner and Champagne – such decadence on our camping holiday!!!
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