Visiting

While in the Glasgow area we have had several friends and family to visit.

First stop was Harry, my brother in law Keith's, best friend from school days. We headed over to Erskine on Thursday evening and enjoyed very pleasant evening with Harry and Jeanette. Harry cooked us a lovely curry while we shared stories of mutual friends and places visited. Harry and Jeanette were in NZ for the February earthquake and in fact had been in the Cathedral only the week before.

 

 

On Friday after our visit to the Stirling Castle we had meal with Matt and Ange and their baby Cullen. Matt's my friends Andy and Joy and he came to Scotland to play rugby. He met Ange and the rest is history. It was great to be able to catch up and we also got to watch a recording of the All Blacks Argentina game.

 

 

On Monday we had a arranged to go to Eaglesham to visit some of my relations. My mum has corresponded with Rae, a cousin, for many years and in fact we stayed with them when we were in Scotland five years ago. We spent a very pleasant day with Rae and Arthur and their daughter Corrine. Before lunch we went for a drive/walk to a local park returning for a leisurely lunch.

 

 

Today we have been to Winchburgh (on the way to Edinburgh) to visit Keith's sister and her partner. We met Rosetta in Linlithgow (their closest main village) mid morning for a coffee and a look around. Then we went back to her 1700s cottage for lunch. They have a lovely property with a garden that Julian has full of flowers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On our way home we stopped off again Linlithgow to have a longer walk around the village and the a browse through the museum. We found a great treasure out the back in the form of a traditional brig or garden. It was on several levels with formal garden and herb and a kitchen garden. It has been restored to show what a family would have had in the 1800s. The museums displays tell Linlithgow's manufacturing history which included linen and tanneries. Linlithgow also has an impressive castle which was the birth place of Mary Queen of Scots.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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