Balloch and Back

January 15, 2020

I went to Ballock to check out the holiday park for a possible later trip.  I’ve stayed at the Lomond Park Hotel a couple times so I know the is a good pub to start Off the train in Dumbarton Central and this closest pub was filled with good craic. I bought a couple in […]

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Newton, not Newton Mearns

January 14, 2020

So #29 is still out there. I don’t pay much attention to store windows but this caught my eye. My first thought was they were for throwing  like the foam ‘bad-call’ bricks, but I think they’re for your dog. Johnson? Trump? Hard to tell but neither are liked in most of Scotland  Both have been […]

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Glasgow January 11, 2020 A wee march in support of Scottish Independence.

January 11, 2020

I rarely add political opinion to my Wandering with me  posts but this one is about an Indie March, I will make an exception.  So here’s my take: I am a firm believer in the rights of all nations, all peoples to self-determination. In fact when Thomas Jefferson was writing the US Declaration of Independence […]

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A train pub crawl is brilliant!

January 10, 2020

Get on a train to one of the larger communities in Scotland as I attempt to visit the top 50 locations population-wise.  Get off and go for a walk, see a bit of local history if there is any,  stop for a half pint in a local maybe two  if the craic is good, get […]

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Hamilton, The People’s Palace and more Glasgow

January 9, 2020

Hamilton is #8 and had some old to it. The liberty/community center was a fine building As were others on the street Looking down on a park where the battle had been No explanation or artist name just 4 kids No, I didn’t go in Fat Yankees. Back on the train and to the People’s […]

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Tennent Brewery – Back in Glasgow

January 7, 2020

Glasgow Central was spotless and I only noticed that because I couldn’t find the one trash bin in the place! It’s by the mobility center. A very quick day trip to East Kilbride.  At first I thought I had found another New Town with nothing of interest again.  Like Cumbernaught.  Ok, apologies to Cumbernauld but […]

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Dunfermline

January 6, 2020

Decided that taking days trips would be a good way to see places and meet people without the hassle of constant room changes so today a short run to Dunfermline where many a Scottish monarch was born. Off the train and through a large park   Andrew Carnegie was born here and it’s where he […]

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Inverness to Inverkeithing

January 4, 2020

The trip from Plockton to Inverkeithing would be too long sitting on a train for me.  Experience has taught me that the next day my fibromyalgia would flare to the point I’d be laid up for the day so I stopped at the Waverley in Inverness.  Less than 100m from the rails station and under […]

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Plockton for the Holidays

January 2, 2020

I had contacted the Plockton Inn to book for a week or so noting that I realized they were closed for Christmas and Boxing Day and would therefore arrive Dec. 27 but I was informed they would have a room for me whenever I arrived.  They placed me in the annex across the street for […]

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Isle of Iona

December 21, 2019

This was my third attempt to get to the Iona.  As you can see the ferry to Mull is not the problem it’s the wee one from Mull to Iona, without much protection from the wind that curtailed previous attempts. Once there I had the place to myself. When I visited Rothesay Castle, I had […]

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