I beloved the Falkirk Wheel!
We’re currently inward Cupar , which is a flake of a tiny , nix town but close St Andrews. We’re staying amongst an unbelieveably sugariness solid unit of measurement nosotros flora on AirBnB as well as they couldn’t last to a greater extent than dissimilar from Fergus. They invited us to direct maintain dinner amongst them (making us a veggie risotto amongst some wild Scottish herbs as well as wild garlic. It was incredibly tasty) as well as they laid us upward inward what used to last servants quarters inward the house. It’s good kitted out amongst scented candles as well as a multifariousness of teas. Needless to tell , they’ll instruct top marks when nosotros direct maintain to review them.
Nicholas inward awe of the Falkirk Wheel
The yesteryear duet of days direct maintain been hectic. Yesterday morn , Nicholas went as well as picked upward our hire machine , which nosotros got from a little fellowship called Celtic Legend. The guy nosotros emailed amongst was really , truly , 100% called William Wallace. He signed his emails “Willie”. We swung yesteryear the Great Britain version of Walmart to alternative upward a whole heap of non-perishables as well as in all likelihood 8kg of bananas , earlier nosotros started heading to our get stop: The Falkirk Wheel.
Not to pelting on Nicholas’ Falkirk Wheel parade , but I wasn’t wholly excited well-nigh the whole rotating bicycle thing. It was pretty cool when nosotros really got there. It replaces well-nigh eleven locks , which used to direct maintain 8 hours or as well as then to instruct through. It takes iv minutes as well as uses the amount of ability to boil vi kettles. “How?” you’re in all likelihood bespeak (maybe you’re not. I wasn’t until I saw the informative video). Inertia. For that argue , given Archimedes job inward the hole ‘inertia’ matter , the footling go boat nosotros went upward the bicycle inward was called The Archimedes. We sat behind a pair of really annoying children who got the best spots inward the boat. That business office was annoying. Nicholas almost moisture himself amongst engineer-based excitement. I abhor to encounter what’ll occur at Legoland.
We hung some at the Falkirk bicycle for a while. I admired all the dogs , who were much ameliorate behaved than the children. Nicholas watched the Falkirk Wheel inward amazement as well as took lots of videos , as well as then he could relive the sense over again as well as again. I joked that he should’ve worn his GoPro on the 50 infinitesimal boat journeying upward the bicycle , through the tunnel as well as dorsum downward the bicycle , as well as he got a glint inward his oculus similar he thought it was a skillful idea. I shouldn’t joke well-nigh such things.
Nicholas pretending to instruct inward for a passionate osculation amongst i of the Kelpies
They had installed some lights to lite upward the Kelpies at nighttime but some leafage was growing inward the way. Foliage is as well as then cool.
After we’d finished at the Falkirk Wheel (read: I convinced Nicholas that instead of deliberating over which Falkirk Wheel postcard to purchase , he should but purchase them both as well as instruct going) nosotros headed to the Kelpies. The Kelpies are huge. There’s non a lot else to tell well-nigh them. We didn’t produce a tour because nosotros had to pay also much for parking. We ate inexpensive loving cup noodles spell everybody else ate really expensive H2O ice cream.
The Kelpies!
We stopped at a really beautiful hold off out on the agency to our army camp spot.
From The Kelpies nosotros needed to notice somewhere to camp. We had enough of fourth dimension earlier sunset to notice one. Scotland has much to a greater extent than relaxed camping ground laws than Commonwealth of Australia as well as we’d read the code , as well as then felt pretty good equipped. We flora i spot that looked promising , but kept driving to a loch we’d seen on a map because nosotros thought that’d last much to a greater extent than picturesque. It was. We railroad train army camp as well as were but well-nigh to ringlet out our mats when some rangers told us to motion on because it was a reservoir as well as human excrement as well as all that. Not ii minutes later they left as well as nosotros were pulling out pegs , the heaven darkened as well as nosotros saw the Sun dip behind a mountain. Not promising.
We decided but to caput to the previous spot nosotros had seen. It was a bog.
Driving off the mount as well as downward to Kilsyth nosotros started having a hold off online for motels. Looking for a motel at 8.45pm on a Sat nighttime on a long weekend inward a tourist town isn’t promising. On in all likelihood the 7th house nosotros called , nosotros got a winner. It could’ve been the 6th house , which was the Antonine Inn. On bookings.com the most recent review was 1 star , proclaiming “THE STAFF WERE AGGRESSIVE.” Nicholas as well as I had a skillful chuckle to this , thinking they’d direct maintain a bad experience. When nosotros called the inn to enquire well-nigh the booking , the receptionist real abruptly said , “We don’t direct maintain bookings over the phone. You’ll demand to instruct to bookings online.” They really were quite aggressive.
We stayed upward far also belatedly watching the Da Vinci Code as well as looking at places nosotros had been on our trip , similar Rosslyn Chapel.
The Wallace Monument (looking quite foreboding inward the fog)
Today nosotros got upward relatively early on to brand job of the costless breakfast included inward our hotel stay. All that haggis as well as blood pudding inward the bain marie really puts i off their mushrooms as well as beans , to last honest. Only inward Scotland.
Ignoring the fog , nosotros laid out for the Wallace Monument , jumping some fences to cutting across the roads. It was also really foggy as well as already filled amongst tourists. We decided against paying the fee to instruct upward the monument , considering how foggy it was. You’d hardly encounter anything from the top.
I'm loving all the daffodils.
Such mist. Very monument.
Nicholas using The Wallace Monument equally the backdrop for his prog stone album cover. He thinks he looks similar he's air guitaring. I intend he looks similar a terrible tango dancer.
Did I refer I beloved daffodils? Did I refer at that spot was fog?
We were also neat to instruct to Stirling Castle. To celebrate Easter long weekend , Stirling Castle had been turned into something of a Renaissance fair , amongst falconry as well as 16th century dancing as well as hurdy-gurdy playing. I was most excited for the dancing. Stirling Castle was pretty beautiful as well as the weather condition turned out to last amazing. I fifty-fifty managed to instruct a whole solar daytime without whatever thermals – but a t-shirt.
This owl was also tired to bargain amongst the tourists at the falconry session.
These ladies were the superlative of fashion (once)
We watched some really cool displays as well as I made friends amongst an owl. We ran out of fourth dimension to encounter everything at Stirling Castle , in all likelihood because I was also busy dancing amongst ladies inward wonderful dresses , but that's ok. There was a fatty human playing all kinds of foreign as well as wonderful instruments. He directed us to his YouTube channel as well as says he also does weddings. I'll proceed it inward hear if I e'er instruct married inward Scotland. https://www.youtube.com/user/JimTribble/videos
Nicholas is a jester as well as I'm mortal dressed similar a Flemish painter
Stirling Castle (the forepart sentiment was obscured yesteryear an H2O ice cream truck , as well as then you lot instruct this i instead)
We walked some as well as tried on costumes as well as lazed some inward the Sun as well as eventually headed to the lovely solid inward Cupar where nosotros are now. Nicholas is watching James Bond: Skyfall as well as looking at Glen Coe , where nosotros volition last inward well-nigh a month. I’m looking at our pictures as well as non watching Outlander , fifty-fifty though I’d similar to be. Tomorrow nighttime nosotros really DO army camp , as well as then wishing us luck!
We also drove yesteryear a town called Dollar as well as then nosotros stopped to direct maintain a painting demo amongst the Dollar Sign , because we're tourists.
