York was a wonderful experience. We were able to drop Springy
(the campervan) at the mechanics and have one of the mechanics drop us off in
town and pick us up again. The Jorvik Centre was great. I had a bit of a chat
with one of the re-enactors that works there about re-enactor fighting vs HEMA
and the normal political things that re-enactors get up to.
I did buy a fabulous purple top hat that will go wonderfully
with both my Regency and modern purple suits.
J
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I walked the walls of York whilst Dee and Gene did some
visual shopping. We met up, picked up Springy and set off for the next leg of
our adventure.
Our next leg of our adventure was trying to fill the
original gas bottles of Springy. The issue being that one bottle didn’t have
the normal valve and the other backup bottle wasn’t of the ‘swap and go’ brand.
We were able to ditch those 2 and get 2 that we could.
After only a little searching we found our next stop that had
closed down a month previously. That wasn’t so bad as we were fairly self-sufficient.
The answering machine on the number for the pub we rang was quite funny as the
manger of the pub for 7 years basically told the company to get fucked.
We drove to Lindisfarne (http://www.lindisfarne.mobi/) the
following day but as the tide was turning I had to race to the site, get
pictures, go ‘Ohh!Ahh!’ and get back to the girls to cross the causeway before
it was flooded. A beautiful place.
We drove to Edinburgh the following morning and made great
time. I refueled and I don’t know whether if it was because I was tired,
annoyed that Dee had told me to get her a coffee or a bit of both but I put
half a tank of diesel in our unleaded Springy. About 160m down the road I
realised my error and spent the rest of the day getting Springy towed, drained
and refueled. We decide to push on and just go to our stay for the night which
was at the Falkirk Wheel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel).
Dee and I had been through Edinburgh back in 99, so it wasn’t totally
devastating.
The following day we were able to meet up with one of our Australian
friends in Dundee who was doing her Masters in forensic anthropology (I hope I
got that right). It was great to see her again and Ash was able to walk us
around Dundee.
The next day was a big day of driving through the beautiful
country up to Loch Ness. Dee and Gene were patient enough to let me visit the Culloden
Battlesite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Culloden).
I wasn’t prepared for the level of detail given in the site’s centre. It was an
amazing experience. Dee and Gene had the opportunity to have a kip and read
books.
At the Betrix Potter Garden café (http://www.birnamarts.com/index.asp?lm=3&cookies=True),
we bought a few more books, one being ‘Twilight’. I’m an unjustified critic of
the series as I’ve only watch the first movie under duress. To become a
justified critic, we bought the book. Gene has already read it and is disgusted
in the whole thing. Please wait out for her critique on the book.
Loch Ness was wonderful. This is our 3rd trip to
Scotland and we have finally reached Nessie! In the morning walked around the
local area and to Castle Urquhart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urquhart_Castle).
One of the locals said it was only a 20 minute walk……. I’m sure I walked 10km
that morning. We didn’t go into the castle as it would have cost half our spending
money for the day, so we went ‘Ohh! Ahh!’ from the road and drove south.
We’re now just 20 minutes away from the ferry terminal at Cairnryan that will take us to
Northern Ireland tomorrow at 7.30am. *Insert evil laughter here about the early
start for the girls*
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