My final evening in Ullapool I decided to go out for a few pints at one of the local pubs as I typically do. I am not sure why I feel like on my last night I want to soak up as much of the culture of the place I am in as I can. So I …
Cold and Wet is not that bad-Ullapool, UK
I didn’t have to leave the bunker until midday as my train was scheduled to depart at 1:30pm. Normally, the bus to town takes about 35 minutes. For some reason, this particular trip took closer to 50 minutes and I was starting to get worried that I would miss my train. I could take another train later …
History is hard – Edinburgh, UK
The particulars of this workaway were simple and flexible. You put in 20 hours of work a week and the rest of the time was yours. And you could do your hours whenever you pleased. You could do 4 hours each day, you could do two 10 hour days. I tried to get my work done in 4 …
Bunker? I hardly knew ‘er – Edinburgh, UK
I was making my way to Edinburgh to do my first “workaway”. Workaway is a program where people that have work that needs to be done on their property trade the work hours for a place to stay. There is a whole website dedicated to matching travelers to hosts and it ranges from childcare to sheep tending …
More Highland Games – Dunoon, UK
The next day, I got to Dunoon at about the same time but because the weather was nice, I decided to walk through the town to the stadium this time instead of taking the bus. The Main Street of town was shut down to traffic and crowds were not only making the same journey as …
Highland Games-Dunoon, UK
The next morning, I took myself out for a walk and wanted to scope out the ferry terminal and ticket situation as I would be taking the ferry to Dunoon the following day to attend the Cowal Highland Gathering. It was a really pretty morning so I walked along the water and during that walk, I …
Missed it by a wee bit-Gourock, UK
In Gourock I was staying in a room in someone’s apartment. I needed to be a bit frugal in my spending on accommodations. And because I would be there for 5 days, I wanted to be able to fix some basic meals instead of going out to eat all the time. I arrived with a little time …
I can walk for miles and miles-Lanark, UK
At breakfast the next morning, which was fabulous and huge with black pudding, haggis, fried egg, sausage, potatoes and toast, the host, Leslie, let me know that the library was just across from the pub I was at the night before and was called Lindsay Institute. I recalled walking by it and seeing books in the …
Warm Welcome for a Crawford- Lanark, UK
I got lucky on my train rides to Lanark in Scotland from Leeds. The journey originally had almost an hour wait in the Preston station for a transfer to a station just outside of Glasgow. But a delay in the train heading to Glasgow allowed me to catch it and continue on my journey without much delay. …
Family ties-Prudhoe, UK
I took the train from Manchester to Leeds on Thursday with plans to meet up with a girl I met when I was in Portugal last year. We were going to have dinner and drinks on Friday night. After a short 10 minute walk from the train station to my budget hotel, I tried to settle in …