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Woohoo! This weekend Kyle and I are finally going to get on the road again, and see a little bit of Scotland. We will literally be on the road, as we have hired a dinky little Ford Ka. And Kyle will be driving, while I curl up in foetal positon and try not to think of the trauma of driving on tiny-wrong-sided-up-a-mountain French roads. All I can say is thanks H for organising his international license. As Offical Passenger, I am guessing my role will also comprise Looking at the Scenery and Putting Red Pepper Hummus On Chips For The Official Driver. I can’t wait.

Our master plan is to head up to Perth on day one, via St Andrews, and then stay in a nice hotel place, albeit a cheap one. On day 2 we will drive through the Glens to get to the lochs (haha, don’t you just love Scotland), then we will be staying in Fort William in a youth hostel on the second night. And just like they make you do on the Haggis Tours, I fully intend to do a haka-type Nessie summoning dance on the banks of Loch Ness. Add a little hummus and it’s my kind of afternoon. On day three we will drive back to Edinburgh via Stirling. Overall, according to Kyle’s spreadsheet (yes…) this should only take one tank of petrol, and will be amazing fun (The amazing fun wasn’t on the spreadsheet. You just can’t quantify that sort of thing.) Yay!

I am taking along my ski outfit, just in case there is a chance to jump in the snow or do some snowboarding, although it has been unseasonably warm in Edinburgh (6 degrees this morning-haha) so maybe up north the snows will be all gone . It never hurts to be prepared though.

All this travelling will make great fodder for the next episode of Ducklight Travels. At the moment we seem to have too much fodder and not enough people (me) to edit it. Once again, I admit to be a Bad Person and Champion Procrastinator. I can tell all our faithful viewers that we have one song for the next soundtrack though…it’s all about taking things one step at a time.