Day 16 Stirling - East Whitburn

• 26 miles plus 2 when lost
• Real drag to leave the Holiday inn but it had to be done
• Route to Falkirk was on single sided A roads, so while there was rolling countryside and pine forests to view, my attention was fairly focused on not getting hit by on coming cars
• Just before Falkirk saw my first eagle! It flew into a tree 60 yds from where I was.
• Got seriously lost in Falkirk, thankfully the man in Toyota and the fire officer got me back on the straight and narrow. I felt a little relieved when the fire officer said he couldn’t have followed the instructions - thank goodness there was not a fire for him to get to!!
• Then travelled 5 miles uphill through about 5 housing estates, not the most interesting.
  Eventually moved back into the country and things were more relaxing.
• Arrived at the camp site as it started to rain. Within 5 minutes the complete garden was white, within 15 minutes it was 6 inches under water, so bad they didn’t let the cows back into the fields after milking.
  Mr and Mrs Taylor (campsite owners) were very concerned for me and extremely kindly offered me the use of a caravan they had out of use. Otherwise it was a bed and breakfast somewhere if I could get there. The van was dry and I slept really well. Thanks so much to the Taylors for their kindness
• Had dinner out with Al who tolerated another hour of 'what is all this about?' and 'why am I here?' He found the perfect balance of support and bullying!