Anyway, Wednesday was a nightmare as far as logitics go. With Al arriving late due to problems with the flight schedules, we then headed out on the 180Mile dash to our B&B over in Tarbert. Since we had originally planned to be there late (about 9pm) we then had to call Donald at the B&B and let him know we’re likely to be closer to 11pm. Which didn’t seem to be a problem for him, however what we forgot to take into account was that the Motorway was going to be closed somewhere in Glasgow and we managed to divert off the motorway just in time and let Sally SatNav take us on a tour of Kelvinside to get an alternative route whilst still going west.
After about 10 miles, we’re back on the road and still only about 5 minutes behind schedule. Something I’m sure we can make up over the distance.
Just as we think we’re making progress, oh oh. It’s a diversion as one of the main dual carriageways is closed. Thankfully it’s only a short mile or so diversion. However as we come of the edge of Loch Lomond National Park, there’s a sign saying something about the A83 (Stonefield castle) being subject to 2 Hour escorts. Since we had no clue to where this castle was that sign was as much use as a chocolate watch. So we continue up the road and into the darkness. We manage to get 176 of the 180 miles still within the time and we find that the last 4 miles are subject to an escort because it looks like they’re painting the road lines in the evening !!!! We both sighed. It was 11pm, so we call Donald at the B&B and we advise him of our predicament; with our expectation that we should be through within an hour.
The hour was coming up; and woohoo – a truck with flashing lights comes and takes us through the roadworks.
We arrive at the B&B bang on midnight, where Donald has the lights on; he shows us to our room and we both head for bed. Let’s hope any other logistics run normal as we’ve got some folks arriving by plane on Friday.May242012
Well we made it so far. Just.
I had originally planned to spend Tuesday evening in the Scotch Malt Whisky Society with my mate from Aberdeen as a warm up to the Festival. However other things transpired and he couldn’t make it so I went out drinking with Yang Guang, one of the Chinese Panda’s that Edinburgh Zoo have recently acquired. I must admit, we did have a great night out and when I left Yang Guang, he was heading for a kebab. I popped in to see him the next afternoon to see how he was; it seems he’s like a bear with a sore head. What a lightweight.
Anyway, Wednesday was a nightmare as far as logitics go. With Al arriving late due to problems with the flight schedules, we then headed out on the 180Mile dash to our B&B over in Tarbert. Since we had originally planned to be there late (about 9pm) we then had to call Donald at the B&B and let him know we’re likely to be closer to 11pm. Which didn’t seem to be a problem for him, however what we forgot to take into account was that the Motorway was going to be closed somewhere in Glasgow and we managed to divert off the motorway just in time and let Sally SatNav take us on a tour of Kelvinside to get an alternative route whilst still going west.
After about 10 miles, we’re back on the road and still only about 5 minutes behind schedule. Something I’m sure we can make up over the distance.
Just as we think we’re making progress, oh oh. It’s a diversion as one of the main dual carriageways is closed. Thankfully it’s only a short mile or so diversion. However as we come of the edge of Loch Lomond National Park, there’s a sign saying something about the A83 (Stonefield castle) being subject to 2 Hour escorts. Since we had no clue to where this castle was that sign was as much use as a chocolate watch. So we continue up the road and into the darkness. We manage to get 176 of the 180 miles still within the time and we find that the last 4 miles are subject to an escort because it looks like they’re painting the road lines in the evening !!!! We both sighed. It was 11pm, so we call Donald at the B&B and we advise him of our predicament; with our expectation that we should be through within an hour.
The hour was coming up; and woohoo – a truck with flashing lights comes and takes us through the roadworks.
We arrive at the B&B bang on midnight, where Donald has the lights on; he shows us to our room and we both head for bed. Let’s hope any other logistics run normal as we’ve got some folks arriving by plane on Friday.
Anyway, Wednesday was a nightmare as far as logitics go. With Al arriving late due to problems with the flight schedules, we then headed out on the 180Mile dash to our B&B over in Tarbert. Since we had originally planned to be there late (about 9pm) we then had to call Donald at the B&B and let him know we’re likely to be closer to 11pm. Which didn’t seem to be a problem for him, however what we forgot to take into account was that the Motorway was going to be closed somewhere in Glasgow and we managed to divert off the motorway just in time and let Sally SatNav take us on a tour of Kelvinside to get an alternative route whilst still going west.
After about 10 miles, we’re back on the road and still only about 5 minutes behind schedule. Something I’m sure we can make up over the distance.
Just as we think we’re making progress, oh oh. It’s a diversion as one of the main dual carriageways is closed. Thankfully it’s only a short mile or so diversion. However as we come of the edge of Loch Lomond National Park, there’s a sign saying something about the A83 (Stonefield castle) being subject to 2 Hour escorts. Since we had no clue to where this castle was that sign was as much use as a chocolate watch. So we continue up the road and into the darkness. We manage to get 176 of the 180 miles still within the time and we find that the last 4 miles are subject to an escort because it looks like they’re painting the road lines in the evening !!!! We both sighed. It was 11pm, so we call Donald at the B&B and we advise him of our predicament; with our expectation that we should be through within an hour.
The hour was coming up; and woohoo – a truck with flashing lights comes and takes us through the roadworks.
We arrive at the B&B bang on midnight, where Donald has the lights on; he shows us to our room and we both head for bed. Let’s hope any other logistics run normal as we’ve got some folks arriving by plane on Friday.
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