Mums Trip with us
Mum came and spent three weeks traveling around with us in June. She worked in the Café at the Sea Zoo with me and went to Cibyn Vet clinic one morning to check out Jamie’s surgery.
She came to Newborough beach for a barby one evening. She cooked heaps of yummy meals on Gill and Neil Hubbards Aga.
She even came down to Tremadog one weekend for a climbing trip, but we couldn’t persuade her to climb anything!
After our last two weeks in North Wales we headed up to Campbeltown in Southern Scotland on the Kintyre Peninsula. We drove for about 7 hours until we found the best campsite by a small loch in the middle of nowhere.
The next morning we drove and drove and drove (it was a Sunday) in search of a good breakfast until we finally found somewhere in Kilmarnock, south of Glasgow. Refreshed with coffee and bacon butties (Britains most popular food) we drove up and around and down the Kintyre peninsula.
The next day Mum and I cruised around the town checking out the shops and buying food. Then Mum cooked all the food and we ate it. Yum.
Campbeltown has all of these beautiful big houses on either side of the harbour. They were built in the 19th Century when Whisky was very profitable and folks could take a ferry from Monday to Friday to Glasgow and back. Now there is only one distillery left – Springbank and it is unique in that it is one of the oldest family owned distillery in Scotland still brewing.
Most of the industry that keeps Campbeltown ticking over is the dairy farming because the land is rich agriculturally here. There is also a lot of forestry and wind turbines that are planted off the coast of Scotland in the Irish Sea.
About 5 miles west of Campbeltown there is another wee town called Macrihanish. Macrihanish is famous for its golf course. It was designed by the same guy –Tom Morris, who built the St Andrews golf course. He said about the Macrihanish site ‘ It was as if God intended the land to be a golf course’ it was so perfect for it.
The other thing about Macrihanish is the beach – its lovely and golden and apparently got great surfing.
The last night Mum was with us we went for a walk along the beach, then ended up in the local pub doing a pub quiz with a bunch of Scottish architects down from Edinburgh, who had played on the Macrihanish course. Mum came away with a wheeley backpack and we came away with slight headaches after managing to dodge only half of the generous offers to buy us another round.
She came to Newborough beach for a barby one evening. She cooked heaps of yummy meals on Gill and Neil Hubbards Aga.
She even came down to Tremadog one weekend for a climbing trip, but we couldn’t persuade her to climb anything!
After our last two weeks in North Wales we headed up to Campbeltown in Southern Scotland on the Kintyre Peninsula. We drove for about 7 hours until we found the best campsite by a small loch in the middle of nowhere.
The next morning we drove and drove and drove (it was a Sunday) in search of a good breakfast until we finally found somewhere in Kilmarnock, south of Glasgow. Refreshed with coffee and bacon butties (Britains most popular food) we drove up and around and down the Kintyre peninsula.The next day Mum and I cruised around the town checking out the shops and buying food. Then Mum cooked all the food and we ate it. Yum.
Campbeltown has all of these beautiful big houses on either side of the harbour. They were built in the 19th Century when Whisky was very profitable and folks could take a ferry from Monday to Friday to Glasgow and back. Now there is only one distillery left – Springbank and it is unique in that it is one of the oldest family owned distillery in Scotland still brewing.
One day we decided to do a walk from Southend near the Mull (headland) of Kintyre (ever hear the song) back along the road to Campbeltown. It was a beautiful day and so clear we could see across to the scottish mainland and the isle of Arran.
Most of the industry that keeps Campbeltown ticking over is the dairy farming because the land is rich agriculturally here. There is also a lot of forestry and wind turbines that are planted off the coast of Scotland in the Irish Sea.
About 5 miles west of Campbeltown there is another wee town called Macrihanish. Macrihanish is famous for its golf course. It was designed by the same guy –Tom Morris, who built the St Andrews golf course. He said about the Macrihanish site ‘ It was as if God intended the land to be a golf course’ it was so perfect for it.
The other thing about Macrihanish is the beach – its lovely and golden and apparently got great surfing.
The last night Mum was with us we went for a walk along the beach, then ended up in the local pub doing a pub quiz with a bunch of Scottish architects down from Edinburgh, who had played on the Macrihanish course. Mum came away with a wheeley backpack and we came away with slight headaches after managing to dodge only half of the generous offers to buy us another round.
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