Scottish Mist

Alcohol of the Day: Weston's Organic Cider

It doesn't really fall on you, it just floats around in the air.  And it's constant.  Then someone turns on the tap and it just pours down.

We were in Edinburgh today for a day trip.  If the weather were a bit better, we probably could have seen more.  But we had to settle for Edinburgh Castle, which was pretty impressive, and the Palace of Holyroodhouse to call on the Queen but she wasn't home.

We walked around Old Town and New Town as much as possible but it was hard to take any decent photos.  Plus we were on the verge of saturation.

While we were waiting for the train to come back to Glasgow, we met an elderly lady who needed a little help because her eyesight wasn't that great.  There had been some kind of mix-up and she had taken the wrong train, so now she wanted to make sure she was transferring to the right train this time.  She was really nice, and she said her name was McTavish, which apparently is an uncommon name but also one that they commonly use at the start of jokes.  We chatted for a while because the train was late.  It turns out that she was the first female to umpire at centre court at Wimbledon.  I looked it up when we got back to the room and there was her name, Catherine McTavish.  And, kind of ironically, it was in 1979.  Why does this keep happening to me?  I keep accidentally encountering famous women at the Olympics...

Tomorrow, we hit the Highlands.

"We skipped the light fandango, turned cartwheels 'cross the floor"