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breakfast
in oban! 16.07.06 the story in a nutshell
anorak
data: depart 11.25pm after sunday service, return 4.40pm tuesday
for 4.30pm opening (flight delayed – seagulls on runway!). 1
night sleep in car, 1 night luxurious hospitality from pete &
sue. 862m in 41.25hrs averaging 20.896969 you cant get that going
through preston at 4.00 in the morning! mobile rang 16.27pm
tuesday from starving diner, how long will you be! the starter of
tapti mushroom served at 6.01, 2 minutes after sitting at the
table. on with the story....
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cant
have a roadtrip without a motorway breakfast!
why do
people put themselves through this punishment?
......good
company, bad
food, bad coffee, no
fun!
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monsters
over loch lomond!
as i sleep the snapper shots
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dawn
at oban, gateway to the islands
soon have breakfast
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past
a local landmark
unfortunately not open at 7.00am
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breakfast
in oban
improvement on the motorway nosh. outside taj
mahal got a smile and a wave from a cute scottish lassie. probably
thought i was a celeb and andy my minder. pete later re-affirmed
this
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on
yon hill ther stans a casel n its nauw shiftd
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new
government legislation
all public places must have low
level drive in – drive out toilet facilities, we have
ordered 2
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further
new government legislation
for not washing hands life
imprisonment or £20,000 fine with zero tolerance. apparently
gord thinks they can make more money out of this law than speed
cameras
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i
am not a number, i am a free man!
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new
tandoori oven has been ordered
wow, could make a few
pattibreads in this
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get-me-out-of-here
– i am a cook
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on
to the distillery!
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fill
your own bottles
1 this is the life, as much as you can
carry for a fiver
2 my turn
3 now to cork and seal the
bottle
4 nice job
5 do we have to leave some behind?
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met
some nice young ladies from delhi and mumbai
sadly
didnt get their names or exchange addresses but they promised to
look up the website, do get in touch!
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still
havnt got enough whisky– on to mcphails, elgin
practically
shown door by a grumpy assistant negotiating a mangotree discount
before being well attended by a smiling scottish lassie, elaine
was liberal with free sampling but received a nice order
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the
last lap to collieston
all the whisky drinking had made
me hungry so stopped at a roadside cafe for a fish dinner. 'you
know sue will have lovely cooked a meal for us?', 'gulp!', then
theres the rooster, bombay cock au vin, goan cham cham lamb –
he continues while i visibly turn green! anyway – what you
fancy for desert?!
1 brilliant hospitality from hosts pete
and sue, thank you
2 then, walk (yipes, no one mentioned this!)
and see the vista
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back
on our way home
stop at the falkirk wheel and steak pie
lunch with cullen skink starter
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pic
of the trip
captions by email, mine begins 'kiss my
..... onion bhaji'
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