Scottish Road Trip (part 1 )

Way back in July we went on a road trip to the Highlands in Scotland.  A lot of driving and a lot of rain but stunningly beautiful.






On our journey we went visiting in Liverpool then drove to Edinburgh stopping off in the Lakes for lunch, then all the way to Dalgety Bay, just over the other side of the Firth of Forth. where we visited my brother.  He took us into Edinburgh one day and another to Dunkeld where we had a fantastic walk to see a waterfall and Osin,s Cave..

 

 

 

Scottish Parliament building

Discovery centre

On the Royal mile

 

Edinburgh Castle

The Firth of Forth bridge

Tallest Tree in Scotland at Dunkeld

Lovely waterfall at Dunkeld

 

Tadpoles and Newt

 

Back on our trip having a rest on the long winding road to Inverness

 

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Zoo 2

Well Igot that a little back to front !still learning how to do this blogger thing! These are the end pictures of the last post.....

What,s a day out without a little trip on a steam train.

 

Deer

Elephants

 

 

Rhino

 

This was also a favourite,not a very good picture but this is an Axolotl. it can actually grow new limbs if it gets damaged.How cool is that. They come from Mexico .

And these little fellas were pretty cool too. Leaf cutter ants.

 

There were loads more animals to see but there was such alot of walking we didn,t get to see them all. That was what was so nice about it ..so much space and trees. Next visit!

Time to go home....

Zoo

We all decided it was about time we went to the zoo . .I,ve never really been a fan but i can see they have their place and we do have a boy that,s mad about animals. so back in July we ventured to Whipsnade zoo. I,d never been before and I have to say as zoos go it was pretty good. We had a great day and we were all completely exhausted by the end of it..so much walking!  Here are just a few pictures but we were so taken with it we got membership for the year so there will be plenty more visits.

Foxgloves

Muntjac 

Oh the giraffes..amazing animals

Picnic on the hill.
We didn,t realise that the zoo is on top of one end of the Chilton Hills and has the most awesome view.It made my day to be able to sit and enjoy it.

 

Hippos

 

What a sky

 

 

Stripes !

 

I love the Flamingos

..and the seals were my favourite.

 

Irish Wedding

 

 

 

 

Back in July the baba and I flew over to attend the wedding of a close friend .It was back in her home town..Dublin and the wedding was just outside the city along the coast near Malahide. It was a stormy day with a few torrential downpours that we miraculously missed when we moved from venue to venue.The bride looked beautiful and her man proud !!The reception was held in a Michelin star restaurant and the meal was absolutely delicious and moreish: the wine flowed,everyone was merry and there was something quite cosy being there and the rain beating at the window panes outside. The day finished at an oldy worldy Dublin pub with a traditional band. . A lovely day.
Oh yes !!there was one little blip ! My poor little baba gets carsick, as i discovered  not once not twice but four times.. Oh yes..sick all over Mummy. poor poor Mummy. It, was fortunate that there was wine to help ease the discomfort of smelling one,s front. ! Aah the joys of  Motherhood.. But wait ,there is more to this story. We were chatting about the whole sorry state of childhood carsickness and another friend said "Hear ,have you not tried newspaper ? try sitting her on newspaper,it will break the static . Give it a go."
So give it a go I did  and  hey presto it works. To think all these years I was under the impression it was motion sickness but no it is all down to static.That piece of advice saved our summer .