Yet More Pics!

Here are some more of the photos from yesterday-we met some real highland cattle just outside Gretna Green.They are just so cute!

We went walkabout around Ullswater and found this pub-had to get a photo of course!

The weather has changed today-rain and winds but that didn't stop us from going off and having a good mooch around.

We went from Kendal over to Keswick, a lovely drive with some spectacular scenery en route.

We are going to try the Chinese restaurant tonight--its just up the road from the guest house-which is highly recommended by the way.

We have room 7 which has the super kingsized bed--it was so comfy---and so big!!! We both lost each other during the night--would love one at home----will have to see!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last night we went to the pub recommended by our hosts Sturart and Yvonne from the Lyndhurst Guest House--The wheatsheaf was as expected. Stuart had warned us they serve great food, he advised us to share a starter as portion sizes were generous.

As we were both ravenous we shared a combo which consisted of scampi,plaice , garlic mushrooms and onion rings with some bbq sauce to dip in. Beautiful-- but lots of it!

Then we ordered the mini Lamb Henri with fresh veg. We couldn't believe the size of it-it almost looked like a whole shoulder of lamb on the plate-besides all the fresh veg and onion and mint gravy--no wonder Stuart had told us no-one had finished 3 courses there!Its hard to believe that anyone has ever finished 2 courses! The prices were very good though-with 2 drinks to start and a bottle of wine with the meal it was less that £35

It was a shame to leave it but to be honest one plate full would have been more than enough for the two of us!

More Scotland

Yesterday we left Inverbervie and travelled to Dumbarton via a beautiful scenic route as you can see. The mountains had snow on the tops of them.We stopped at several places en route to admire the scenery.

The waterfalls were breathtaking-the roar of the water was un-real.

The colours of the trees was changing more as we drove from the east coast to the west coast. We had great weather until we almost reached our destination. We stopped at a lovely little cafe next to Loch Lomand and it started to rain a little there, but instead of being miserable it cheered us up to see just how the colours of autumn were brightened up and became much more vivid!

Our room at the travel lodge-just £19 was situated in a lovely setting with a view from our window, and a fantastic pub over the road that did the most amazing carvery meal for just £3.50p

Bill had the roast beef and I went for the turkey.

Our expectations were not high at those prices but we were very pleasantly surprised-both meats were delicious and the selection of veg was excellent and well cooked.

After a couple of large glasses of white wine I was ready for bed and we both slept like logs.

We were up bright and early this morning to start the next leg of our journey to Dumpries.

The weather has changed and it is wet and windy-not that that has made any difference really!

We have still been able to see the beautiful scenery. We stopped several times again, We had a wander around Glasgow and found some lovely shops there.

We arrived early afternoon at our guest house--beautiful place, very homely and comfortable, settled in very quickly, we ahve been advised where to go for our evening meal by Derek our host! He actualy knows Ludlow very well!

Im off for a nice hot shower now, will be going out for a meal shortly after that.

We are making our way down to Kendal in the Lake District tomorrow ,we have 2 nights there,so will be making quite an early start--its a good job Bill loves driving!

Scotland

Well we are into day 3 of our Scottish holiday and we have thoroughly enjoyed ourselves so far! We stopped off at Carlise on Sunday evening after a lovely journey from Ludlow-no holdups on the way-just a break for a beautiful Sunday lunch at Beeston Castle-we are calling back there next Sunday on our return home!

We made our way up to our friends in Montrose on Monday afternoon, and after getting settled we all went out for a fantastic meal at the Cutty Sark pub.

The prawn cocktail was to die for-I have never tasted prawns like them-you really could taste the sea! The ribeye steak and trimmings, pepper sauce was gorgeous and the mango sorbet was delicious! We will be on strict diets when we get home no doubt!

Today we all went out touring round the area-Ros, Lincoln and Domenic knew just where to take us and we had a brilliant time.The weather was lovely-the sun shone all day.

First of all we went to Gourdon habour and had a look around, got some great photos for inspiration!

Then we went on to the top of The Garvock Hill where the view was just amazing-you could see the Grampions and miles around.

I have loads more photos to put on when we get back, so will do so next week.

From there we went Laurence Kirk and had some great coffee and homemade scones, from there we drove to the Fettercairn distillery and then on up to the top of Cairn o' Mount where we could see right across the Mearns to the east coast and sea.

On the way back down we went via Banchory and dropped in at Milton of Crathie , had a wander around the craft shops and gallery which was a bit of an eye opener!

From there we drove back to the coast and Stonehaven and parked at the beach where we enjoyed some freshly cooked chips!

From there we went to Dunnottar Castle---oh boy what a beautiful sight.

Set on a huge mount of rock really high up-you can see why it was only attacked twice in its history!

Again, some great photographs to come when we get back.

We made our way back , had a couple of hours on the computers sorting things out and loading pics, before getting ready and making our way back to the Cutty sark for some more delicious food.

This time I opted for the chicken stuffed with haggis with fresh veg served with a whisky sauce--I wasn't disappointed!

After trying the garlic bread last night that Ros had with her meal-we decided to have a side order of that--I dread to think how many calories are in that-it was dripping with lashings of garlic butter---wont have to breath over anyone tomorrow!

Anyway-we are off to bed now-have worked out a different route to what we had decided originaly-Ros and Lincoln have told us about the beautiful views to be had en route via The Trossoachs and Pitlochry -the colours should be wonderful at this time of year.

I think I have covered just about everything--the fresh air and good food have made me very tired-a good nights sleep is guaranteed!!

Holiday

As all my regular readers will know ,we are off on holiday tomorrow.

Bill is going to pick up Jean who is pet sitting first thing tomorrow-we have been busy getting everything sorted ready.The fridges are full of goodies for both Jean and the livestock

We have packed the cases and got everything else ready(I think) sure to be something I have forgotten I expect!

Got the 2 cameras at the ready-the colours should be pretty amazing at this time of year.
As our first stop is Carlise there is no hurry to get away in the morning.Around 4 hours should see us there.
So a nice relaxed journey up there with a Sunday lunch en -route !

I will be keeping everyone updated as to where we are etc--we are going to be travelling around quite a bit.