Glasgow, Helensburgh, Lismore and back
23.09.2007
13 °C
I made it back from my Scottish adventure last night after a long old day in the glasgow airport full of plane delays, late buses, and general confusion. But the actual trip was excellent!
My Aussie friend Ruth picked me up in Glasgow on monday night and we went bowling with her Young Farmers Club, then stayed at her placement that night. Her placement is on a B and B and sheep farm on Loch Lomond which is a pretty famous lake in Scotland. It was very nice, I got my own Caravan to sleep in! The temp dipped down to 2 degrees that night but I have discovered the wonder of electric blankets. I am going to get myself one when I get home!
The next day Ruth took me to the train station to catch my ride to Oban where I was met by John MacDougall's sister in law Barbara. Then we were off to Lismore! It is so beautiful!!!! Mountains and ocean and green grass. It rained off and on for my days on Lismore, but I think it kind of fit the scenery, I didn't mind it at all. I stayed with Barbara in the MacDougall house where John grew up. I walked all around the farm, saw where John went to school, and met some of his old buddies! Over the next couple days I met lots of relatives, did a bit of hiking and biking, drank lots of tea and ate like a queen. A very nice time, I must say!!! On friday I took the car ferry to Oban and spent a large part of the day looking around the shops and enjoying the picturesque coastal town. Lots of fisherman! Not too many tourist at this time of year, but I am told that during the summers Oban is quite a popular destination as it is called the Gateway to the Western Isles or something of the sort. Friday night I took the train back to Helenburgh to stay with Ruth again. Had a good night out on the town then had an interesting day in the Glasgow airport. As you probably know the airport was bombed this summer, so security is quite tight (which I'm not bothered about because I'm no terrorist). However, they seemed to think they needed to keep flight information a secret or something. Anyways, I ended up getting here and then had my first going away party last night.
The next thing to look forward to is only 8 days away and that is the arrival of mom and dad!!!!!!!! I would write more, but I have to go get ready for a tour of Belvior Castle I am going on today!
If any MacDougalls are reading this, thanks for the hook-up with your family, it was wonderful to meet them all and see Lismore!
