Scotland part II

Having had a poor experience last time we visited Scotland we decided to return, by bus this time, and with our tour guide Courtney.

The bus trip was lovely, we stopped into all sorts of great towns and spots which we had missed when we drove up the first time. The big angora (not as big as the big merino) at Tunbridge Wells was very realistic but the highlight had to be the Pet cemetery at Lewes - it had to be seen to be believed. As big as any cemetry I have ever seen!!!

This photo is over part of our travel group in front of the Falkirk Wheel, the lady poking her head out from behind Lisa in the front is Maree Ball! We dont think we are related!! The group was a rotary group travelling to Scotland for an international rotary function.

The Falkirk Wheel is a system for boats to change between two different river systems - it allows for boats to travel from one side of Scotland to the other. The wheel spins on an axis, with 15 metre long arms which each carry basins each of which hold 700,000 litres of water. The weight of each basin never changes no matter how many boats are in each basin because of Archimedes principle. Darryl made me write this!!!

Speaking of Darryl, we think he broke his nose. When he was getting back on the bus at Okehampton, he was carrying 3 cuppas and a tray of muffins (they call them crakes here). However he tripped on the bottom step of the bus and rather than spill the cuppas and muffins he just wacked his nose on the floor of the bus, there was a fair amount of blood but we bought some frozen peas from the supermarket and managed to stem the flow. You couldn't tell his nose was broken apart from the last two nights - when he is sleeping his nose now whistles when he is snoring!!!!!