Jess's Movements
John Fisher
Edinburgh, Jess has now headed up north: first stop, Inverness; then on
to Kyle of Lochalsh and the Isle of Skye; back to the mainland via Mallaig;
finally to Glasgow, where on Friday he emplanes for the States.
--John
Mara Chibnik
Wow, does this ever bring back memories!
In 1980 (gee, that long ago! time to go back, I guess) we did
exactly that trip. It was part of a loop that started and ended in
London, though. We headed south from Glasgow through Carlisle and
meandered into Wales via Shrewsbury, and got as far west as Land's
End (not directly) before going back to London. And we'd already
spent some time in Yorkshire before going to Scotland.
Ymmmmmm, what a lovely trip it was.
That was before I'd ever used a computer. Making the trip these
days would involve a whole lot more looking up of folks all over!
--
cmcl2!panix!mara Mara Chibnik ma...@dorsai.com
Life is too important to be taken seriously.
Jess Anderson
When I first saw this, I wondered why anyone would care
about this level of detail in my trip. Then Mara posted
about its parallels to a trip she made. In brief, I did
just what it says, with overnight stops in Inverness,
Maillaig, and Glasgow.
The Scottish Highlands *more* than met my expectations; it's
one of the two or three loveliest wilderness areas I've ever
seen, and unlike any other. I traveled by rail, but the
rail standards, even in 2nd class, are *way* above anything
we have, quiet and mirror smooth, and the five-hour ride
from Maillaig (on the west coast) to Glasgow is simply
breathtaking.
When I go back there, I want to tour the whole of northern
Scotland by car and by bicycle. Incidentally, no region
I've ever seen would be more natural for motorcycle touring;
the hills would be daunting for any but the most conditioned
bicyclists, though, and it's a goodly distance between the
scattered small spots of habitation in the further north.
Scotland is well north of the United States, as people
sometimes don't realize. The days are getting very long
indeed; it was still not pitch-black night at 10:30 p.m.
last Wednesday night in Maillaig.
As for the people of Scotland -- no, no bias because of
my Scottish heritage, I assure you (coz there's more than
a little Euromutt mixed in) -- they are really warm, quite
friendly and approachable people.
Although I'll have much more to report on Scotland, and --
to tease Graeme -- the funny way Scots speak English :-),
the short form of the epic is that Scotland, rain and all,
is a pretty wonderful place.
<> By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all
<> quote. In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the
<> thoughts of others as it is to invent.
<> -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Mick Washbrook
>
> As for the people of Scotland -- no, no bias because of
> my Scottish heritage, I assure you (coz there's more than
> a little Euromutt mixed in) -- they are really warm, quite
> friendly and approachable people.
>
University of Stirling campus, over the site of the Battle of Bannockburn,
to a pub owned by the ex-wrestler Andy Robbins. Robbins would frequently
bring his bear, which he kept at the back of the pub, into the bar,
where it would drink cokes. Robbins was a bit of a bear himself.
Sometimes the pub would be full of soldiers in fatigues, on some`
kind of exercise on the moor. I would shelve my ardent anti-
militarism for a while, and get quite friendly. Then back across
the moor in the moonlight, telling each other ghost stories.
Higher education in Britain was truly wonderful.
--
Mick Washbrooke mi...@autodesk.com
"Dear sweet clodhoppers, if you knew anything of sexual psychology you would
know that nothing could give me keener pleasure than to be manhandled by you
meaty boys. It would be an ecstasy of the very naughtiest kind." A. Blanche