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🍷 🏴 What to Drink in Scotland: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Scottish Drinks Culture
When we’re traveling, I post my little travelogues on the go and off the cuff. Instagram only allows 2,200 characters per post, so I have to be stingy with words. Maybe that’s a good thing. 😉 One of the reasons I started this blog is so I can take a pause after our trips, and…
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Welshpool, Wales 🏴
First: Happy Birthday to the United States Marine Corps! Was going to go back to the field with the shooters for their last day, but I felt kinda tweed deficient, so decided today should be Powys Castle day. But first: Ken sent me a pic of the doggos waiting to work today. They’re still my…
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Shrewsbury, England 🏴
Non-shooters are touring today – with a different tour company. We’re in the medieval wool manufacturing town of Shrewsburyshire. It’s really Shrewsbury, I just like appending all British town names with shire. Our guide’s name is Nigel. Nigel knows all the things about Shrewsbury. He has published several books on Shrewsbury. Did not learn this…
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Ludlow, England 🏴
Shooters have the day off today. A tweed-free day. Here’s something I’ve never seen in the US: rhubarb yogurt. Was delicious. In Wales, they grow rhubarb underground in caves and pick it by candlelight. This makes the rhubarb sweeter. So if you are not growing your rhubarb this way, you are doing it wrong. Decided…
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Shropshire, England 🏴
Out in the field with the shooters today. The Brits are very serious about proper traditional attire for shooting. Lots of tweed and Peaky Blinders caps. Have stepped up my game this year – am not wearing jeans, so will not scare the pheasants. Learning point for me. Shooting and hunting are different in Britain.…
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Various Places in Wales, idek 🏴
Shooters are shooting today. Non-shooters are touring. Touring was …. interesting. Pretty sure we were held hostage in a van most of the day. Bc other than the inside of that van, I’m not entirely sure what we saw. To wit: we drove to a castle, did a u-turn in the parking lot, and left.…
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Church Stoke, Wales 🏴
Caravanned from London to Church Stoke, Wales this morning. Wales is a new country for me. Yes, Wales is a separate country. Stopped at a British rest stop. Super happy bc I found my favorite Euro soda – Fanta lemon. And a random candy bar I’d never heard of before. Was expecting a cookie inside.…
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London, England 🏴
My alarm clock this morning: bagpipes. Bagpipes have one volume – LOUD. Apparently, there is an all day bagpipe competition at our hotel today. That’s way too much bagpipes, so decided we should make ourselves gone all day. Grateful, though, that all the bagpipers are skilled, and this is not learn to play the bagpipes…
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London, England 🏴
I will always sacrifice sleep to avoid crowds. So, arranged for a crack of dawn tour at the Tower of London, guided by a Beefeater. A brilliant decision, because the crowds showed up in merciless droves by 10:30am, which is when we made our exit. Our Beefeater, David, was a riot. Why are they called…
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London, England 🏴
We are joining our good friends, Delaney & Sons, and the rest of our squad, for another driven shooting trip in the UK. Ken will be shooting. And, once again, I will be *not* shooting. But first, a couple of days in London to acclimate. The older I get, the more acclimate time I need.…
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Murthy Castle, Murthy, Scotland 🏴
I went out into the field with the shooters this morning. Intended to take photos, but accidentally got myself a job as Ken’s loader. I am a great loader. Well, I was a great loader until I learned loaders carry all the gear and clean guns at the end of the day. And then I…
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Pitlochry, Scotland 🏴
Hunters were back at it today. Not-hunters had another day of touring with Ian the Legendary. Visited Blair Castle in Pitlochry. The same family has owned this estate since the year 1249. Couple of random Blair Castle observations: They dressed for dinner. Uncomfortably. There’s also a creepy-ass doll in the children’s nursery. Sweet dreams. Stopped…