Scotland 23rd December - 5th January

I’ve been in Scotland a week now and am having a great time with J&K. I got the train up from London and have decided train travel is for me – especially as I had first class tickets. They have power points on board so I plugged the laptop in and kept myself amused.

I stayed with J&K at J’s Dad’s place for a couple of days and celebrated Christmas. On Christmas eve it was up to the very busy local at which I got to play pool for a few hours with the local boys which was fantastic.

Christmas morning was a glorious day – no snow unfortunately but a beautiful sunny day and a lovely frost. Kilmore’s (the village which we stayed in) is very pretty but very small.

Christmas Day

We went out for lunch to a local pub for a lovely Christmas lunch (delicious goat’s cheese, apple and bacon salad).

J&I at Christmas Lunch

Everyone got very merry on Christmas night and it was a very late night and another huge meal with 9 of us on Boxing Day.

It was then into Glasgow where J,K & I stayed in a flat and hung out for a couple of days. We went for a great pizza at a Belgium Beer café and then to see L’s band play a gig at King Tuts. The bands, Odean Beat Club (odeonbeatclub.com/) and Popup (http://www.myspace.com/popuptheband ) were both awesome and the venue was awesome. I had an absolutely awesome time with K’s friends showing us a great time and including us in everything.

On Friday the Swedish and Australian kids arrived and we all went out for dinner and drinks. It was great to see everyone particularly C&K.

Saturday was J&J’s wedding and I went along to the reception and it was a fantastic night with Céilidh dancing (even I got up and danced – admittedly there were instructions). It was so much fun and great to see everyone.

The kids at the wedding reception

J,J & K at the wedding

C&I at the wedding

J&I at the wedding

J&K at the wedding

The boys at the wedding

J having a good time at the wedding

R, L & I at the wedding

L&I at the wedding

Today was a quieter day after a huge week and in preparation for New Years Eve tomorrow when we’ll be at George’s Square for the Hogmanay celebration.