Well its been pretty hectic the last week or so, consequently no photos or updates.
I'm now sitting on the bonny bonny shores of Loch Lomond in our really cute cabin.
The wedding was absolutely amazing. Karen has some great friends and the inlaws were a lot of fun. I really got along well with her husband's brother in law. Kalish. He's Indian. Being the Star Trek geek that I am all I could think when I heard his name was the Klingon Warrior/god by the same name and wanted to ask him if his parents were Star Trek fans . . .
but I refrained 
One of the groomsmen showed up in a new Ferrari. He wouldn't let me drive. Something about a quarter million came up and things got a little blurry at that point. Guests arrived from Tokyo, Australia, France, USA, and at least a half dozen other nations. I heard at least 10 different countries, but it may have been more. Many of us were around before the wedding and got together at a couple dinners, picnics, taverns, so it sort of turned into a multi-day party. Best wedding I've ever attended, and I got to walk my sister down the aisle (with my brother).
After the wedding we spent a couple hectic days with Anita/ICE QUEEN. She picked us up in the afternoon, kept us up until way past our bedtimes, and then loaded us in her car for some long days exploring the countryside of Wales and the borderlands of England. 2 full days of that was enough to just about kill us all. I think we got to see EVERYTHING
Tintern Abbey was something I wanted to see on our last trip, Anita got us there. We stumbled upon a SNOW TRAC connection at the Abbey. Philip Chapman is a noted sculptor, he is the son of the man who developed/modified the Snow Trac for suitable use by the British Military and has a wealth of knowledge on Snow Tracs. His sculpture of Mary and the baby Jesus is below. Castle photos are Ragland Castle.
Sadly we had to leave and headed up to Birmingham, where we realized we had left Melen's insulin in Anita's refrigerator
I spent 12 hours riding the train that day. Aberystwyth to Birmingham, Birmingham to Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth back to Birmingham.
Our plan was to fly from Birmingham to Glasgow, the tickets to fly were about $260 for the 3 of us, but the cost to get our luggage there was over $1000. We rented a car. Brilliant vehicle. A 2012 VW Passat Diesel, averaged 55.9 mpg driving up to the cottage on the west shore of Loch Lomond, which is about an hour north of Glasgow.
I'm now sitting on the bonny bonny shores of Loch Lomond in our really cute cabin.
The wedding was absolutely amazing. Karen has some great friends and the inlaws were a lot of fun. I really got along well with her husband's brother in law. Kalish. He's Indian. Being the Star Trek geek that I am all I could think when I heard his name was the Klingon Warrior/god by the same name and wanted to ask him if his parents were Star Trek fans . . .
but I refrained One of the groomsmen showed up in a new Ferrari. He wouldn't let me drive. Something about a quarter million came up and things got a little blurry at that point. Guests arrived from Tokyo, Australia, France, USA, and at least a half dozen other nations. I heard at least 10 different countries, but it may have been more. Many of us were around before the wedding and got together at a couple dinners, picnics, taverns, so it sort of turned into a multi-day party. Best wedding I've ever attended, and I got to walk my sister down the aisle (with my brother).
After the wedding we spent a couple hectic days with Anita/ICE QUEEN. She picked us up in the afternoon, kept us up until way past our bedtimes, and then loaded us in her car for some long days exploring the countryside of Wales and the borderlands of England. 2 full days of that was enough to just about kill us all. I think we got to see EVERYTHING
Tintern Abbey was something I wanted to see on our last trip, Anita got us there. We stumbled upon a SNOW TRAC connection at the Abbey. Philip Chapman is a noted sculptor, he is the son of the man who developed/modified the Snow Trac for suitable use by the British Military and has a wealth of knowledge on Snow Tracs. His sculpture of Mary and the baby Jesus is below. Castle photos are Ragland Castle.Sadly we had to leave and headed up to Birmingham, where we realized we had left Melen's insulin in Anita's refrigerator
I spent 12 hours riding the train that day. Aberystwyth to Birmingham, Birmingham to Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth back to Birmingham.
Our plan was to fly from Birmingham to Glasgow, the tickets to fly were about $260 for the 3 of us, but the cost to get our luggage there was over $1000. We rented a car. Brilliant vehicle. A 2012 VW Passat Diesel, averaged 55.9 mpg driving up to the cottage on the west shore of Loch Lomond, which is about an hour north of Glasgow.
