Woke this morning to one hell of a hangover. There is something about mixing Ale and whiskey that just does not work. Packed our things and made our farewells to both Andrea and John.
Andrea printed us some maps to get toEdinburgh from Glasgow
Headed towardsGlasgow Glasgow
Managed to find a park close to the Shop #1. Elisha headed off to the store whilst I stayed with the car. After 15 minutes, Elisha walks back with a strange look on her face. Searching the entire area and finding no sign of the store (or any store for that matter), she asks someone for directions. Well, the store was not where the big fat arrow pointed to, but about 1 mile away. FFS.
We headed to Shop #2. This one being on a main road made things a little easier. Wound our way through all the 1 way streets to find a park around the corner and walked the rest of the way. Nothing. The shop contains nothing about early music, nor any early musical instruments. Humph.
Since Shop #1 was supposed to be close to Shop #2, we walked to where Elisha said it was. Rule #1 of travelling. If a map is involved, make sure you read it yourself!!
After swearing black and blue the address was in "this corner of the f$*king map" and walking blisters onto our feet, I decided to use a bit more of that divination. Headed alongSt Georges St
We decided it would be easier if I went back the 4 or so miles to get the car whilst Elisha walked onto the shop. Finally found the shop easy enough but once again, no music for us. He did give us the name of a 7 part ensemble book "Scotland
Jumped back in the car and headed toStirling . The drive to Stirling was uneventful Only 17 miles away so didn't take long on the M9. Very easy city to navigate through too. Found our way to Stirling Castle
The castle is amazing with amazing views of the surrounding country. And with a perfect sun for the entire day, the views were breath taking. Got hold of the audio tour and started doing that until we found the guided tours. For anyone doing any castle visiting, do the guided tours.
Elisha and I lost each other somewhere so we both just visited those parts of the castle that we wanted. The palace is currently having work done on it so was closed to the public but the rest of the castle was open.
Ended up finding Elisha at 17:00, closing time. Raced down to the catch the shop so Elisha could get some tapestries (for some reason, the debit cards don’t work in a lot of places).
Jumped in the car and headed toEdinburgh Edinburgh Edinburgh Edinburgh is a lot larger that Glasgow
The map was so out that one of the instructions was to turn down a pedestrian walkway. Parked the car on the main street and found out there is no hotel parking, but was told by reception that it "should" be ok to park outside (on the pedestrian walkway) to off load the bags.
Did as advised, driving at walking pace, waiting for people to get out of the way and stopped outside the hotel. As I'm getting the bags out of the car, who comes down the walkway? Yep, the police. To my amazement, they simply ensured they could squeeze the car between my car and a pylon and drove past, without a word. Dumped the bags to fight for a street parking space again.
Freshened up a bit and at 21:00, headed out for dinner at the Auld Hundred. Really nice place, relaxed atmosphere and great food.
After such a long day and a very fine meal, headed off to bed to snooze the day away, when all of a sudden, the bloody cannon at the castle was fired. Being less that 1 mile from the cannon, it was bloody loud. Can’t wait for when we go to the tattoo.
Andrea printed us some maps to get to
Headed towards
Managed to find a park close to the Shop #1. Elisha headed off to the store whilst I stayed with the car. After 15 minutes, Elisha walks back with a strange look on her face. Searching the entire area and finding no sign of the store (or any store for that matter), she asks someone for directions. Well, the store was not where the big fat arrow pointed to, but about 1 mile away. FFS.
We headed to Shop #2. This one being on a main road made things a little easier. Wound our way through all the 1 way streets to find a park around the corner and walked the rest of the way. Nothing. The shop contains nothing about early music, nor any early musical instruments. Humph.
Since Shop #1 was supposed to be close to Shop #2, we walked to where Elisha said it was. Rule #1 of travelling. If a map is involved, make sure you read it yourself!!
After swearing black and blue the address was in "this corner of the f$*king map" and walking blisters onto our feet, I decided to use a bit more of that divination. Headed along
We decided it would be easier if I went back the 4 or so miles to get the car whilst Elisha walked onto the shop. Finally found the shop easy enough but once again, no music for us. He did give us the name of a 7 part ensemble book "
Jumped back in the car and headed to
The castle is amazing with amazing views of the surrounding country. And with a perfect sun for the entire day, the views were breath taking. Got hold of the audio tour and started doing that until we found the guided tours. For anyone doing any castle visiting, do the guided tours.
Elisha and I lost each other somewhere so we both just visited those parts of the castle that we wanted. The palace is currently having work done on it so was closed to the public but the rest of the castle was open.
Ended up finding Elisha at 17:00, closing time. Raced down to the catch the shop so Elisha could get some tapestries (for some reason, the debit cards don’t work in a lot of places).
Jumped in the car and headed to
The map was so out that one of the instructions was to turn down a pedestrian walkway. Parked the car on the main street and found out there is no hotel parking, but was told by reception that it "should" be ok to park outside (on the pedestrian walkway) to off load the bags.
Did as advised, driving at walking pace, waiting for people to get out of the way and stopped outside the hotel. As I'm getting the bags out of the car, who comes down the walkway? Yep, the police. To my amazement, they simply ensured they could squeeze the car between my car and a pylon and drove past, without a word. Dumped the bags to fight for a street parking space again.
Freshened up a bit and at 21:00, headed out for dinner at the Auld Hundred. Really nice place, relaxed atmosphere and great food.
After such a long day and a very fine meal, headed off to bed to snooze the day away, when all of a sudden, the bloody cannon at the castle was fired. Being less that 1 mile from the cannon, it was bloody loud. Can’t wait for when we go to the tattoo.
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