Our neighbours K and E have become very good friends. One night, after a good meal with them, sitting on the balcony enjoying a good whiskey we decided to take a trip to scotland, compared diaries and found four days we were all free. On Thursday night we took the ferry from Zeebrugge. It leaves at 19.00 and already before the ferry had left the port we were up on the deck opening bottles of wine and toasting this splendid idea. The ferry crossing includes private cabins so is quite comfortable. After arriving in Hull the next morning we drove up to Glasgow where we had lunch at Cafe Gondolfi, then the boys visited Auchentoshan whilst the girls went shopping. Do you know this joke about two girls and a map? How long does it take for them to get lost? Basically the first turning we took was the wrong one but a friendly glaswegian showed the way. I find scottish people so friendly and helpful, OK so they are sometimes hard to understand which is why I usually focus on their handgestures rather than what they are saying when asking for directions. We tried on dresses, bought heavenly scented soap from Molton Brown before sitting down for a delicious cake at Fifi & Ally where C my local friend from Glasgow joined us.
After that we joined up with the boys for cocktails at The Grosvenor Cafe and dinner at Stravaigin and whiskey at Oran Mor. The next morning we had a nice breakfast at Heart of Buchanan then popped into Waitrose across the road (it is impossible to find the following in Belgium: oat cakes, Tyrrell crips, ginger beer). We then drove up to Loch Ffyne where we had the best smoked salmon and scallops at the Oyster Bar after which we drove up to Kennacraig for the two hour ferry to Port Askaig on the Isle of Islay. The B&B where we were staying came with an amazing restaurant where we had (more) scallops with black pasta, samphire, peas and pancetta. The mix of flavours was just right. On Sunday we drove around the island spotting seals sunning themselves on the rocks, birds of prey, highland cows, visted Lagavullin and Bowmore Distilleries and went for a walk. On Monday we drove back down to Hull, picking up smoked salmon at the Oyster Bar again for our picknick on the ferry. What a lovely long weekend!
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