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Diana, Barry and Nowell's
Excellent Scottish Adventure
September 12 - 21, 2007
Maybe there is a greater pursuit that three people
can pursue than to travel to a far off place and explore the home of the King of
Drinks, Scotch, or hunt down the origin of the noblest food substance known to
man, haggis, but if so, I cannot think of it. So, Diana arranged the excursion,
Barry signed on at the dock and Nowell, well, nowell did what he does best...
recorded the entire thing for posterity.
This is the trip diary page. Eventually you will be
able to click on the
offending daily diary pages from here. But for now, here are some random photos. So, click away and come with us to
Scotland!
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| Tuesday- Sept 11 |
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On a plane for 14 hours from San
Diego. Nothing to report or to show. |
Wednesday- Sept 12
Edinburgh |
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Arrived in Edinburgh at 11:30 in the morning, an hour late. BA (British
Airlines) had some kind of problem but they served breakfast on an hour flight.
Barry was waiting at the gate for us. After claiming our bags and taking a cab
to the hotel, we did a little sightseeing and walking. |
Thursday- Sept 13
Edinburgh |
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Our first sightseeing day. We took the bus around town and visited
Edinburgh Castle. We had dinner with Kacey Sachen. She was visiting
after attending a virology conference in Glasgow. |
Friday- Sept 14
Leith |
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I got the car and we moved hotels. We went to Leith and walked around.
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Saturday- Sept 15
Aberfeldy |
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We drove to the condo and had our only bad car incident, a blown tyre.
It wasn't the tyre's fault... the thing couldn't recover from a hole
knocked in it by a curb. Long, boring story. Castles: Doune Castle, the
place that Monty Python's Life of Brian filmed the French Guard scenes
in 1979 and Sterling Castle, a big, impressive place. |
Sunday- Sept 16
More Castles |
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Huntingtower Castle which is a 2 for 1 kind of place. Also, Elcho
Castle, a nifty place with pear trees but no partridges, where Neil's
wife is the director and
Keith works. |
Monday- Sept 17
St Andrews |
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Booze, golf and floating hats. St Andrews and the golf course. |
Tuesday- Sept 18
Pitlochry |
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More booze, Jewelry and Fish. The best day of the trip. We met Malcom Appleby. |
Wednesday- Sept 19
Aberfeldy area |
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The Crannog
Center, Stone Circle, Cluny House Garden-
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Thursday- Sept 20
Aberfeldy |
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Walking around town in the rain. |
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