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curiouswombatWell, I got home on Sunday evening, but my laptop decided it could no longer, under any circumstances, go online. Fortunately I had a spare...(as per entry of August 24th - yes it has taken me that long to actually start using my new laptop!)
So yesterday saw my ever-patient husband spend ages trying to persuade the Vaio to go online, and longer ages doing most of the transferring of stuff from the Vaio to the new HP one for me.
He is going to do the nit-picking on the final chapter of Return of the Key for me tonight too - so that will be posted tomorrow.
In the meantime, under the cut are
Pictures of the lovely place my friend and I stayed -
The little cottage at this end of the picture, in the beautiful gardens below, was all mine! We had one each.
Each cottage had a bedroom -
a bathroom -
and my own little sitting room -
We ate wonderfully, most memorable were local prawns wrapped in local smoked salmon, quail stuffed with haggis, and duck breast in a plum sauce.
The whole area had been very heavily rained on for days - so this is Culzean Castle with it's rather soggy gardens -
We went up towards New Galloway, and passed Clatteringshaws Reservoir - this shows the run-off over the dam -
and this shows the water level above the dam - yes, those are trees in the water!
The drive home had its moments - petrol got very low as most local garages in that part of Scotland don't open before 10.00am on Sundays! Carlisle had a detour which was not well signposted, and went round so many times it felt like a corkscrew, but I did, eventually, end up on the right road, pointing in the right direction, and was down at the boat at 1pm as planned.
Off to a church meeting tonight - it is raining here, too.
So yesterday saw my ever-patient husband spend ages trying to persuade the Vaio to go online, and longer ages doing most of the transferring of stuff from the Vaio to the new HP one for me.
He is going to do the nit-picking on the final chapter of Return of the Key for me tonight too - so that will be posted tomorrow.
In the meantime, under the cut are
Pictures of the lovely place my friend and I stayed -
The little cottage at this end of the picture, in the beautiful gardens below, was all mine! We had one each.
Each cottage had a bedroom -
a bathroom -
and my own little sitting room -
We ate wonderfully, most memorable were local prawns wrapped in local smoked salmon, quail stuffed with haggis, and duck breast in a plum sauce.
The whole area had been very heavily rained on for days - so this is Culzean Castle with it's rather soggy gardens -
We went up towards New Galloway, and passed Clatteringshaws Reservoir - this shows the run-off over the dam -
and this shows the water level above the dam - yes, those are trees in the water!
The drive home had its moments - petrol got very low as most local garages in that part of Scotland don't open before 10.00am on Sundays! Carlisle had a detour which was not well signposted, and went round so many times it felt like a corkscrew, but I did, eventually, end up on the right road, pointing in the right direction, and was down at the boat at 1pm as planned.
Off to a church meeting tonight - it is raining here, too.
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Date: 14/10/2008 05:58 pm (UTC)Julia, someday, I hope, when the current set of barriers are overcome
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Date: 14/10/2008 06:18 pm (UTC)Wonderful place for a rather romantic break. Took me almost seven hours from York, but I avoided the motorways and used the A roads all the way. I was presented with afternoon tea when I arrived, and we ate dinner there each night, and were totally spoilt!
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Date: 14/10/2008 10:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 14/10/2008 06:29 pm (UTC)Lovely pics, thanks for sharing.
One day I wil make it to Scotland.
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Date: 14/10/2008 08:14 pm (UTC)The icon is much further north in Scotland.
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Date: 14/10/2008 08:17 pm (UTC)Weirdly, I don't seem to have put any weight on!
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Date: 15/10/2008 12:37 am (UTC)Back in the states you're lucky to get a cup of bad coffee and a stale doughnought unless you're paying upwards of US$250 a night (US$250 = £1.39, approximately).
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Date: 15/10/2008 07:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 14/10/2008 07:09 pm (UTC)Somewhere else I must go next year...
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Date: 14/10/2008 07:32 pm (UTC)quail stuffed with haggis
Really? And it was good? I can see "memorable", but good?
Looking forward to the next chapter!
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Date: 14/10/2008 08:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 14/10/2008 08:14 pm (UTC)The cottage looked very clean and comfy- that's such a pretty shade of blue on the couch.
The food sounds interesting- I've never had quail eggs. Are they anything like hen eggs?
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Date: 14/10/2008 08:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 14/10/2008 08:19 pm (UTC)At first glance I thought that was a telephone in the shower... that's not a telephone is it?
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Date: 14/10/2008 09:09 pm (UTC)Totally recommend the place we stayed if you want a quiet break for just the two of you.
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Date: 14/10/2008 11:33 pm (UTC)But how sad is it that when I read your subject line, my eyes saw "Galloway", but my mind registered "Gallifrey". Fandom is definitely taking over my life! *snorf*
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Date: 16/10/2008 05:21 pm (UTC)giving a vote to the other guy via write-in
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Date: 15/10/2008 06:13 pm (UTC)PS - parcel packed, will post it tomorrow.
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Date: 16/10/2008 11:50 am (UTC)I bet S2C is glad to have you back, though.
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Date: 16/10/2008 04:59 pm (UTC)I'm not sure he was all that happy - I spent ages moaning about my computer not going on line, and then getting him to make everything work on the new one!
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