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Day 28: 6th April – Hello Blue Sky
Today’s trivia on Skye: I asked for avocado and poached egg, with the egg, hard please . . . We chatted with the waitress, who asked where are we heading back to? We’re not heading back anywhere, we are going forwards! Another blank look. Said off to Skye, she said she comes from Skye and…
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Day 27: 5th April – Island Hopping
Today’s trivia is on Oban: Went to charge the car 1 minute away as the hotel’s charger wasn’t working, easy as. How good is that? It snowed last night as evident on the rolling hills of the Isle of Mull. Hutcheson’s Monument, a landmark for navigators at the north end of the island of Kerrera.…
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Day 26: 4th April – Sealed with a death wish
Today’s trivia is a carry over from Annette’s dinner last night: The day started well, the sun was somewhat out, no wind and not too cold. We learnt from yesterday’s breakfast, so only ordered one smashed avocado between the two of us. We took a hike up to a local’s folly, the McCaig’s Tower. A…
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Day 25: 3rd April – driech smirr latha
Today’s trivia is specifically on the Scottish weather: So today we are in for a driech smirr latha, or according to google translate a dry day smile🤔 I asked for the Full Scottish breakfast without the sausage, black pudding, bacon and haggis. The lovely Scottish lass looked at me blankly and walked off! When she…
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Day 23: 1st April – Huntigowk Day
Today’s trivia: No different today at breakfast, something left . . . We took a hike to Glasgow Cathedral and along the way. . . and we were in luck with a tour, Bobby told us as he sipped his cup of tea. Asking when the tour started and where to met, he promptly put…
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Day 24: 2nd April – Tailie Day
Today’s trivia on Taile Day: We checked out the coffee at Satri, bit of a fail . . . Although the double was OK, I didn’t get a water like the other tables did😭. We had a quickish stop to charge the car at Arnold Clark, a Renault car dealer. Lots of EV cars for…
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Day 22: 31st March – Whinge day!
Today’s trivia on Glasgow: We’ll see today how much an influence the Italian immigrants had on the Scottish coffee culture! The view from breakfast, one floor above ground. I don’t understand why a hotel would put rooms on ground floor and not amenities. The coffee wasn’t too bad, along with the Shakshuka and Annette’s pancakes.…
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Day 21: 30th March – Going Korean
Today’s trivia is on immigrants in Scottland: We were greeted by the resident of the house at breakfast again . . . Finally a photo of The hotel . . . I couldn’t find the Elva Hill Stone Circle, but . . . So we headed to the National Trust’s Wordsworth House and Garden in aptly…
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Day 20: 29th March – A typical summer’s day
Today’s trivia is on The Lakes District: It’s still bleak outside but . . . Only another 16 to find! We watched and waited as the rain came down at Gracemere to clear for a visit to the National Trust’s Allan Bank and Grasmere site. Not a great lot to see or read but gardens…
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Day 19: 28th March – Museum Maxed out
Today’s trivia is on Armathwaite: After a good breakfast we set off before the hords for Derwent Pencil Museum. They were pretty good, but not nearly as good as those had in York in 2015. Yes those were excellent as can still taste them! We managed to miss the hords at the pencil place. It…
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