Great Britain Tour page 1
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SCOTLAND
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| Oban, Scotland | |
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| Bob patiently waits in Orlando, Florida airport.Out chariot is right outside the window, but must be cleaned and restocked before we can board. | We fly into Manchester, England, and Greg Banks picks us up at the airport and brings us to his B&B, Moss Deeping. We start our visits to Britain at Moss Deeping, and we leave Britain from Moss Deeping. |
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| We left Moss Deeping the next morning on a coach for Oban, Scotland. The road sign points to The North, Edinburgh and Glasgow. | Thornloe Guest House in Oban, Scotland, our home for almost two weeks. |
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| Thornloe is on the hillside above the harbor. This is the view from the window of our room. | Bundled in a complimentary guest robe, Bob uncorks our nightly tipple in our room at Thornloe. |
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| This street, Albert Street, leads from the harbor to Thornloe. It serves vehicles going both ways, and pedestrians. More than once we flattened against the wall and turned in our toes when a truck came along. | The Caledonian MacBrayne ferries serve the far reaches of the Hebrides from Oban. |
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| Scots Gaelic is a primary language on signs, though we didn't hear anyone speak it in Oban. It is, however, spoken on the Isle of Skye and some of the remote Hebridean islands. | A parade of local pipers marches proudly down Oban's main street. |
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We went to a show at MacTavish restaurant.
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Valerie, the owner of Thornloe, is, like myself, a McIntyre. Might we be related? |
