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Monday, 2 April 2012

Our last night on Loch Lomond

Well, tomorrow morning we leave for Sandbach to get Stan serviced on our way home so it’s a last night looking out at the beautiful Loch Lomond from our windows. The weather has finally turned today after nearly 4 weeks of sunshine and Steve’s sister says snow is forecast for tomorrow – yikes! Guess it is time to leave…

This might be the last blog of the journey as don’t think we will get wi-fi over the next 3 days but might manage by making our smart phone into a wi-fi hotspot.

Think we would have been happy to stay away another couple of weeks but we’re glad to be coming home to Easter and hoping to catch up with a few mates.

Don’t know how to say “cheerio” in Gaelic but would if I could!

Sunday, 1 April 2012

It's April Fool's Day!

But we're no fools staying on this lovely site! Can't believe the number of caravans and campers  arriving since we did. This is the most popular site we have stayed on and it's easy to see why. We've been getting weather forecasts saying the good weather was going for days but - although the temperatures are a bit lower - we've still go plenty of sunshine and beautiful sunrises/sunsets over the loch.

On Friday, we did "beer and pizza" with the Witherbums in Milngavie and saw their fantastic new house - a great family home for 2 near-teenagers and a full-of-beans cocker spaniel! Was great fun catching up and thank you, Tori, for the very pretty rose-in-a-pot which is now sitting nicely in Stan and reminding us of you. Will look forward to seeing you horse-riding on our next visit.

Yesterday we decided to be tourists! We drove into Balloch and did a cruise on the loch on a great boat - got on first and got the best seats with amazing views and Steve got to sample a Scottish delicacy, Talisker whiskey, so he was a happy boy. Then we went to Loch Lomond shores and went in the Sea Life Aquarium - saw sharks being fed, a big green turtle, the biggest octopus in captivity in Europe and otters being fed. Very nicely done and great young guys giving information on the critturs. 

Going soon to have Sunday lunch at the local quaint pub on the side of the loch at Balmaha - it's only about a mile from us so should be a nice lazy day.