Scotland!

Aye!   What a place!   The sun is out and shining brightly at 4:00 a.m., and it doesn’t set until well after 10:00 p.m.   None of which is helping me get adjusted to the time difference…I was up at 3:00 a.m. today and I started playing on the computer because I was wide awake.  My guess is I’ll sleep pretty well tonight!

The trip over here was long…a 3-hour plane trip to Seattle, a 6-hour layover there, a 9 1/2-hour flight to London, a 1-hour flight to Edinburgh, and then a 1-hour car trip to Glasgow.  I’m staying in a wonderful old hotel with actual keys for the doors (I sure haven’t seen that in a long time), no elevator, and floors that creak when you walk around.  That photo above is the view from my hotel window.  Cool stuff.

Lots of rain here, folks, and I guess we’re pretty far north.   It’s cool out here even in June, and these long days are interesting.   With all that driving, I’ve seen only one motorcycle so far, so I would have to say these folks don’t know what they’re missing.   The roads are awesome and the scenery and greenery are stunning…just the kind of place for a putt on a CSC motorcycle.

Of course, this business of driving on the wrong side of the road is a bit scary for an Americano like me.   I’ve sat up front on the passenger side in what would be the driver’s seat in my car, and every time we go into an intersection I’m moving my right foot to a brake pedal that doesn’t exist.

Fun times, friends.   I may just try to rent a motorbike while I am over here.  Or not.   I’ve got to think a bit more about this driving on the left business…

That’s it for now…ride safe and we’ll be back with more for you later!