Yesterday, we ate breakfast and Vaughan took us to a west coast town called Morecambe (near Lancaster) in Lancashire, England. We walked around and saw all of the old buildings in the city and went down by the coast. The tide was up so high it flooded the road, so we had to go eat lunch and come back. We went to Happy Mount park and ate the packed lunch we brought while we watched some old guys play "Crown Green Bowling". We went back to the flooded road and out to the coast of Sunderland Point at low tide, saw some old boats and the grave of the "little black Sambo". Vaughan showed us the house were he grew up and bunch of other cool sights. The roads there and back were awesome! We drove through the Yorkshire Dales, which is a national park. All kinds of fast curvy roads... We got back about 7pm and cooked a curry beef dish, which is pretty much the real national meal of England now instead of fish and chips. Vaughan has me wanting to print black and white photos at home now, after we looked through all of his prints. He also has a Mamiya 645 which would be sweet to mess around with! We parted ways with Vaughan, but he says he wants a change of scenery and really wants to move to the US for a while, so maybe we will see him again! We got the 12:03 train (nasty kids everywhere and gross seats/floors) to York to make our way up past Edinburgh to Pitlochry, a tiny town at the foot of a big mountain in Scotland, we are here for two days now. We tried to go to Edinburgh, but there is a festival going on and there is NOWHERE to stay! In Pitlochry, we are going to hike to the top Ben Vrackie tomorrow after we clean the hostel for 3 hours...yeah that's right! We got to talking to the very Scottish guy working at the desk and he said if we would help clean the hostel rooms from 10:30-1:30 tomorrow we could stay for free! We got a private room with a bathroom/shower for 2 nights now! More about the work/hiking tomorrow!
No comments:
Post a Comment