Well there you go! Just when I was starting to heap praise on the place it all starts to go to the toilet. Our southward progress has been hampered by an explosion in the population. After crossing that invisible line that separates Scotland from England the B/sq mtr (Brits per square metre) ratio has gone through the roof. The villages that in Scotland were villages have now morphed into towns with increasingly greater levels of heavy industry. We are stil...

Well, the Scottish country side is starting to redeem itself. More trees means more birds, not many more, but more. One of these birds is the Grouse. Apparently the Grouse is a nice bird. Nice to eat that is, as on the 12th August or about each year, they start to try to exterminate the species. The deer are also great sport in the highlands and are a real earner for the local Lord of the Manor. Some of the small villages on the Isle of Skye and to the South...

Tongue, North Coast, Scotland Our arrival at Edinburgh signaled the start of our stint of serviced accommodation and the use of a hire car. In the US apart from 8 nights in Vancouver while waiting for the truck to arrive, 1 night in Denver getting the truck serviced, and 2 nights in New Jersey arranging the shipping to the UK, the other 82 nights were spent in the camper. So far our experiences regarding the B and B's has generally been favourable, but due to ...

Scotch on the Rocks Linlithgow 31st July 2010 Weather: Coooooool! 12C Night – 21C Day Well after a hectic day spent hitting the high spots of the Big Anus (I believe some say Apple), we left the above still trying to figure out what all the fuss is about. Compared to all that the USA has shown us over the last three months New York was a fizzer. The morning of our last day in GUS of A (Gods United States of America), as we have affectionately come to ...

New York 29th July 2010 Weather: Warm to Hot, 26C Night – 36C Day Well, our time on the North American Continent is drawing to an end, and Tuesday night we will break our last camp on its hallowed soil. Then two nights in a hotel (pet holiday villa), a train ride into and an in depth look around the Big Apple, and of we fly to Edinburgh in the UK. Of course, all this has the potential to go pear shaped, as the shipper we have ended up with still believ...