A long day
Yesterday we became a tad 'over it' we love everything except finding a place to stay each night... we've decided to stop calculating how much things cost in A$ and made a pact not to complain that petrol is sold in litres (around 90p) but the cars, road signs and distances are imperial! We've also decided not to whinge about getting a handful of Scottish Pounds in change when we know it is legal tender in England but not liked... we are a lot more on guard with our coins though a couple of times we've been done by being given Euro's instead of Pence, we think some Euro's which look like Pence are in fact not worth half what the pence would have been. So having got over it and stopped whinging we plan a big day for Friday.
We are in the birthplace of J M Barrie in an ancient town called Kirrimuir, the pub we stay in is straight out of some old set, the coach house is still there and the whole building shouts 100's and 100's of years long past. Glamis is not far away so we drive through and are blown away by the childhood home of the late Queen Mother, not only the Castle but the grounds, the out buildings and the town... everything is well maintained and looks peaceful and well off. Glamis Castle was also the setting for Shakespear's Macbeth.
We have decided to by pass all the big towns, pop back to Biggar where the Albion Archives are and head for Penrith where Lilliput Lane has there headquarters, I have a collection of 103 little houses in the Living Room and have always wanted to see the replica house they built, the workshops, the painting rooms and buy the little house one can only buy when visiting the workshops.
This is a little more than 100 miles of travel some of which is on motorway some back roads in weather that in mildly described as changable!! We start off in rain, then hit a veryheavy fog, more rain, cloud then the Sun comes out... heavy rain in Biggar and so on.
We drive back into England and find Lilliput Lane without a hitch but are 20 mins too late... they close up at 4:30 each day and don't open on the weekends... we have to get back to Glasgow to fly back to London on Sunday!!!!!!! Lilliput Lane isn't open again till Monday! Need I say there were a few tears shed !!! :-((( But we will return!
Just by luck we find the most beautiful hotel for the night in a little town called Stainton... Hello Ian and Corrie... it's something that you see photos of in Calendars, so the day ends not so unhappy!!!
Then... next morning... how wonderful it was to receive an SMS by my friend Kerry to say the Swans had beaten her team by 4 points... to be followed up by another SMS from Gwilym! Sydney must be jumping out of their socks and it sounded like a tight game.
We are in the birthplace of J M Barrie in an ancient town called Kirrimuir, the pub we stay in is straight out of some old set, the coach house is still there and the whole building shouts 100's and 100's of years long past. Glamis is not far away so we drive through and are blown away by the childhood home of the late Queen Mother, not only the Castle but the grounds, the out buildings and the town... everything is well maintained and looks peaceful and well off. Glamis Castle was also the setting for Shakespear's Macbeth.
We have decided to by pass all the big towns, pop back to Biggar where the Albion Archives are and head for Penrith where Lilliput Lane has there headquarters, I have a collection of 103 little houses in the Living Room and have always wanted to see the replica house they built, the workshops, the painting rooms and buy the little house one can only buy when visiting the workshops.
This is a little more than 100 miles of travel some of which is on motorway some back roads in weather that in mildly described as changable!! We start off in rain, then hit a veryheavy fog, more rain, cloud then the Sun comes out... heavy rain in Biggar and so on.
We drive back into England and find Lilliput Lane without a hitch but are 20 mins too late... they close up at 4:30 each day and don't open on the weekends... we have to get back to Glasgow to fly back to London on Sunday!!!!!!! Lilliput Lane isn't open again till Monday! Need I say there were a few tears shed !!! :-((( But we will return!
Just by luck we find the most beautiful hotel for the night in a little town called Stainton... Hello Ian and Corrie... it's something that you see photos of in Calendars, so the day ends not so unhappy!!!
Then... next morning... how wonderful it was to receive an SMS by my friend Kerry to say the Swans had beaten her team by 4 points... to be followed up by another SMS from Gwilym! Sydney must be jumping out of their socks and it sounded like a tight game.
1 Comments:
Great to follow your progress. distressed about 'the Lane' - what a drag. Oh well gives you an excuse to go back? Raining here, lovely and soft on my new seeds. Off sick from work, dratted cold, feel pretty rotten but manage to sew a bit before I have to go and lie down again. Keep having fun you too and give AR a hug for me. Cheers, Steph
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