Saturday, 13 June 2009

Day 15 - A very necessary day off

  • Late up, leisurely breakfast and sat around chatting and drinking coffee. Really nice not to be up and off first thing.
  • Went out to The Wallace Monument, then into the shops in Stirling. Having craved shops and convenience all week, was happy to get back in the car and out of the town. Picked up a few essentials but was frustrated to find that Barclays Bank here closes all day Saturday! Picked up lunch in Marks - not just any old food.
  • Headed over to Stirling Castle which dominates the skyline whichever way you enter the city and took the normal tourist photos
  • Al has very kindly lent me a memory stick of his, so we can download my photos onto a second storage unit, god forbid the card in the camera got damaged or the camera wet. Saw my photos full screen, there are some crackers but all bring back memories and it makes me realise just how much ground I have covered in the last 2 weeks
  • Watched Andy Murray win his semi final at Queens, amazing how Tim Henman was British and Andy Murray is absolutely, definitely, without doubt SCOTTISH
  • All the washing has been done in the sink, dried and packed. The tent has finally dried through and I am ready for the first walking day in week three. Amazing to think by 8.00am on Monday 1/3 of the walk in time is over and 300 miles will have been passed.
  • Just watched the weather and having got everything dry its gonna be foul tomorrow... Hey Ho!
  • I have missed quite a few calls this week where people have rung off before I can remove the rucksack, get into the relevant wet bag and activate the call. There is no answer phone on my phone so please let it ring and i will answer eventually......Thank you
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3 comments:

  1. Susan14 June 2009 at 18:50

    Actually Andy Murray is always referred to as British until he loses.... however as he is a winner .... he remains British with Sue Murray sucking up to him no end.... Great to see a Scot doing so well!

    Hope your day went well Steve today - we took girls out on bikes before the rain started.. hope you were as lucky & avoided the worst - it was so patchy - it had been raining at our new home but was dry 5 miles further along in Cupar!

    A bientot, as the French say! S X

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  2. Anonymous15 June 2009 at 08:52

    Hiya mate, glad you liked your stay in ma old home of Stirling! Beautiful place and I prefer the castle to Edinburgh. Many happy memories there - but can't discuss on a public forum.. ;-)
    Keep it up matey and enjoy these last few days in Scotland.
    Andrew

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  3. Anonymous15 June 2009 at 15:38

    Hi Steve,
    Sorry about my premature sending of Text.I am still practising.Hope you had good luck with the weather today.We were okay with golf,just had to shelter once after teeing off on the 9th.You know, my usual pit stop anyway!We shared a thought for you under our umbrellas, hope you got the vibes.We miss you
    Love Christine,Sue and Paul.XX (x's me & Sue only)

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