Well g;day to all you cyberspace fans out there areadin this here post LOL.
What can i say WOW this place is uterrly amazing , Scotland and Bloddy hilly, every where you go its hills and stairs, i dont know how im doin it half the time but its all good.
Last week we went up to the Highlands for a 3 day tour up there and it was also utterrly amazing. ( Can ya tell im havin a good time - WELL IM HAVIN A BALL ) we did Stirling Castle and a few places i cant remember at the moment and finished up at Oban, then we left there and headed over to fort william by way of Steyn Bridge etc and spent the night at Fort Augustus ( Loch Ness ) did the tour boat and got a cuppla piccy's of nessie :0) left there and went to Urqhart Castle on the banks of Lochness it was great, and in its day would have been a spectacular site, no wonder they built it there as well as other reasons (good defensive positioning). from here we travelled up to Fort George (via Inverness) and that to was another BIG place and is still being used by the military, currently the Black watch Regiment are stationed there, to this day we have roughly 1000 piccy's which i cant add to the blog as we dont get to long on here ( Library) by the time u check your e-mails etc so will be posting some after i get back home.
Went to see the Edinborough Military Tattoo that was brilliant even tho it rained, but you never really noticed it as u were to busy enjoying the show, but when we left it Bucketed down so were glad to get back home that night
Weve had beautiful weather and rainy weather ( summer here) LOL so it hasnt stopped us as its quiet humid after the rain stops, for that matter even walking around in t-shirts on occassions. And i do stirr up the local Jocks when they say it's roasting, while im standing with a jacket on sayin this aint hot u should come back to Aus and you'll find out what hot is LOL. But theyre all friendly and keep buying me whiskeys which is great, i even think there's a plan for me to get into a Kilt this weekend at some stage,mmm LOL
Anyhow for now the wombat waddells off
Wavin at ya from the other side of the world :0)
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
Sunny Scotland....I think NOT LOL
Well Geddaye to all you cyberspace fans, well we are hear in Scotland, and might i add what a Beautiful place it is. ( when its not been raining :0).....)
currently using the internet at the library in Gorebridge so wont be on for long as you get kicked off, must be everyone else trying to reach the outside world LOL.
Went to the military Tattoo the other rnifght (Gaelic for night LOL ) it was a great experience and started to rain but that didnt put the dampners on the event and u didnt really notice it at all until we went to leave and then it pelted down. ( not bad considering its there summer here )
i think the second or third dayy we were here it rained and we didnt think much od=f it at the time but the following day roads and train lines had been cut due to flooding, and we found out later that they had 3 weeks worth of rain in a 24 hour period and between 10pm and 2 am over half had fallen. Still got some more touring around to do up here before we head down to the Manchester area so all is well (especially now i got me luggage) and getting plenty of piccys of the place
for now the wombat waddells off
currently using the internet at the library in Gorebridge so wont be on for long as you get kicked off, must be everyone else trying to reach the outside world LOL.
Went to the military Tattoo the other rnifght (Gaelic for night LOL ) it was a great experience and started to rain but that didnt put the dampners on the event and u didnt really notice it at all until we went to leave and then it pelted down. ( not bad considering its there summer here )
i think the second or third dayy we were here it rained and we didnt think much od=f it at the time but the following day roads and train lines had been cut due to flooding, and we found out later that they had 3 weeks worth of rain in a 24 hour period and between 10pm and 2 am over half had fallen. Still got some more touring around to do up here before we head down to the Manchester area so all is well (especially now i got me luggage) and getting plenty of piccys of the place
for now the wombat waddells off
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Finally Here.........Yeehaaaaaa ( wat a shitfight ) LOL
Well hello out there allyou cyberspace fans. Well finally here in Wee Bonnie Scotland, after a few slight hiccups (LOL)
left home for the airport at 5.30pm to be at the a/port for 9.30pm flight, got to the airport and low and behold the flight had been pushed back out to leave at 2.am the following morning, as the plane was still in Auckland N.Z, with a minor mechanical problem which was being fixed. he next thing we knew it was out to 3. am due to the same problem so was to be refixed ( we asked if they could just give us another plane :0) ) then later it was back out further to 4.am the next morning. So we waited and waited and waited, getting the shits as the night wore on. Finally boarded the plane and didnt actually take off until 4.30am the sunday morning, to say we were tired and cranky is an understatment, as all our connecting flights were then up the shit from the original times.
Arrived in Dubai at the time we would have been landing at Heathrow, Hardly slept tried getting help from the help desk there, and they were as useless as tits on a bull (LOL) and Arrogant. we eventually got a phone card and made an international call to Fiona's Aunty to tell them what was happening as they were picking us up from Edinbourough A/port, All good although Fiona was over the whole thing by this time and was ready to packup and head back home ( i was standing well back as the tension was real high and was liable to get my head ripped off for asking the simplest question ). Left Dubai and headed for Heathrow, arrived, and had to hurry to the next gate to check in for our later flight.while there we were told to hurry as we only had 3 minutes to check-in, so quickly did that and boarded the plane. Got up to edinborough at 11pm- disembarked- looked for luggage, only to find it wasnt on the flight and told to ring the next morning as it would be on the first flight up the next day.Rang the following morning they couldnt find the luggage so had to ring back later. (to cut a long story short as it just pisses me off having to go over it again LMAO ) 3 bags got delivered on Tuesday with 1 still missing - MINE. Which eventually turned up Wednesday after some ugly calls to BM airlines.
for the Holiday so far, absolutly Beautiful place its like stepping back in time and not just parts of the city but most of the villagas as well ( Tudor Period ) been to a cuppla places but got rained out yesterday so headed back home for the day, didnt do much today as the same RAIN - Summer in the UK- LOL.
More dramas we brought a prepaid internet card for the computer only to realise that Fiona forgot to pack the modem so at this stage i am up at the Library in Gorebridge using there's so what i wanted to do isnt really going to happen and i stuck over the other side of the world with no outside communication Hahahahaha, but we will percervere and try and work out something as we go along, so up dates arn't going to happen as much as i would have liked. So thats why you are seeing this post now as i have a visitors pass to the library ( free internet)
Well for now the wombat waddells off ( as i have to see if i can check our e-mails )
Waving
left home for the airport at 5.30pm to be at the a/port for 9.30pm flight, got to the airport and low and behold the flight had been pushed back out to leave at 2.am the following morning, as the plane was still in Auckland N.Z, with a minor mechanical problem which was being fixed. he next thing we knew it was out to 3. am due to the same problem so was to be refixed ( we asked if they could just give us another plane :0) ) then later it was back out further to 4.am the next morning. So we waited and waited and waited, getting the shits as the night wore on. Finally boarded the plane and didnt actually take off until 4.30am the sunday morning, to say we were tired and cranky is an understatment, as all our connecting flights were then up the shit from the original times.
Arrived in Dubai at the time we would have been landing at Heathrow, Hardly slept tried getting help from the help desk there, and they were as useless as tits on a bull (LOL) and Arrogant. we eventually got a phone card and made an international call to Fiona's Aunty to tell them what was happening as they were picking us up from Edinbourough A/port, All good although Fiona was over the whole thing by this time and was ready to packup and head back home ( i was standing well back as the tension was real high and was liable to get my head ripped off for asking the simplest question ). Left Dubai and headed for Heathrow, arrived, and had to hurry to the next gate to check in for our later flight.while there we were told to hurry as we only had 3 minutes to check-in, so quickly did that and boarded the plane. Got up to edinborough at 11pm- disembarked- looked for luggage, only to find it wasnt on the flight and told to ring the next morning as it would be on the first flight up the next day.Rang the following morning they couldnt find the luggage so had to ring back later. (to cut a long story short as it just pisses me off having to go over it again LMAO ) 3 bags got delivered on Tuesday with 1 still missing - MINE. Which eventually turned up Wednesday after some ugly calls to BM airlines.
for the Holiday so far, absolutly Beautiful place its like stepping back in time and not just parts of the city but most of the villagas as well ( Tudor Period ) been to a cuppla places but got rained out yesterday so headed back home for the day, didnt do much today as the same RAIN - Summer in the UK- LOL.
More dramas we brought a prepaid internet card for the computer only to realise that Fiona forgot to pack the modem so at this stage i am up at the Library in Gorebridge using there's so what i wanted to do isnt really going to happen and i stuck over the other side of the world with no outside communication Hahahahaha, but we will percervere and try and work out something as we go along, so up dates arn't going to happen as much as i would have liked. So thats why you are seeing this post now as i have a visitors pass to the library ( free internet)
Well for now the wombat waddells off ( as i have to see if i can check our e-mails )
Waving
Friday, August 1, 2008
YEEHAAA
Well gedday all you cyberspace fans, LOL
Only got 1 more sleep before we head out for the big trip........1 more, ( and who can sleep )
Well only 1 small problem popped up earlier in the week, the Hot Water service shit itself AGAIN, 2nd time in 4 months (that was at the 3 sleeps to go mark ). But to cut a long story short rang the bloke who fixed it last time he came out and fixed the problem which was totally different from the last time, so all is now good and working again and he didnt charge me anything which was a bonus ( pre-trip)
Finished up at work on Thursday for 7 weeks, so thats good, had a little bit of running around to do but most stuff is done so, tomorrow got some last minute checking to do then head off to the Airport and board the plane
Anyhow thats this short little update done for now so will Blog some more at a later date
"Did i mention" - only 1 more sleep to go :0)
The Wombat waddells off for now
Wavin
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