Sunny Scotland

Photo : Just to prove we were in Scotland Adam and Eva's accommodation

Five flights later and some 30 odd hours and several meals later, at last we land at Glasgow airport. We wandered into the Arrivals lounge and there was the reason for our trip. Adam and Eva were there waiting for us. Many hugs and cuddles later we were in their rental car and headed off to Inveraray. Scotland, everything is beautiful and green and as a sign of things to come, we had the windscreen wipers on for the entire length of the trip. The drive there was spectacular with Lochs and steep mountains, bare of any vegetation above the snow line . The pines and the fir trees were very pretty. As we rounded the bend coming into their village it was fantastic to see the pure white painted buildings with black slate tiled roofs fronting onto the Loch Fyne. What a sight that was. After seeing their photos and hearing all about were they were living we were actually there. They are both looking great. Lost a fair amount of weight... not that they were overweight but they have toned up. Eva has lost a couple of dress sizes and Adam has lost his dresses and now wears kilts exclusively.... only joking. Our first afternoon we walked to their castle, well, not actually theirs but the Duke of Argyll's and he and his family still live there for part of the year. We knew we were in Scotland then. It is quite a forboding sight to come across in the misty rain. There were babbling brooks and much water everywhere. Everything is so green.The bluebells are out. Whole fields of them. It is so pretty. Very hard to describe how stunning it is here. The loch is a sea water one and is affected by the tides, the water rises and falls a fair bit and mussels and weed abound. We have been eating well, probably too well. The George hotel where they work has great meals, last night mussels in provencale sauce for about #6, but there were about 30 or 40 good size mussels. Yesterday Thursday Adam worked in the day until 6 and then Eva worked from 6 to 10. We left the hotel after 10pm and it was still quite light. The sun was gone, but it was still very light. The hotel has a very family atmosphere and all the staff look after each other. Adam and a couple of others went about a km up the road to prepare a patch of ground for the growing of vegetables and herbs. The hotel wants to start using its own organic produce.