To The North

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After Keswick we headed north into Scotland. But not before a morning walk to get some (English) money. As you can see, the weather had changed overnight:

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Again, lovely British weather 🙂

The drive to Scotland was uneventful except for the bit over the mountain. I include the following shot not only to show how low the visibility was, but also because it is the only shot of the car I ended up taking!

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On many of our long drives we have stopped at rest stops to get vittles. This has often been M&S Simply Food, especially such things as fruit cups, cheese and lemonade. Brunch therefore, has often looked like this:

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Edinburgh is a very, very old city (the first inhabitants occupying the location of the current castle 6000 years ago) and there are a great deal of old buildings in the downtown area. But more on that in tomorrows entry!

Today we just frittered around the city to get our bearings:

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As you can see the chameleon circuit makes the Tardis look a bit different up here. And yes, that’s a Nessie hat!

This bill poster demonstrates the cavalier attitude the scots have toward copyright:

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And here’s a couple of food shots, of KLS and JBF:

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And here’s a shot of what I absolutely positively did not have for dinner!

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