Where are we now?

I have no idea:) I got a shock when I looked at the last blog date...so terribly sorry yáll...it's been far too long. :) I think the last blog was about Edinburgh...we went back there because it's a brilliant city ...buzzing.... I was quite intent on finding a strip of beach, because I saw on the map that Edinburgh was near the coast (duhhhh), up till then we had mainly been going to the Fringe Festival which was in the middle of the city, so when we jumped in the van and tried finding the "waterfront" I wasnt impressed to find is was mainly a harbour, but 5mins out of the city we arrived at a strecth of beach...and ended up playing soccer on the sand with the kids, eating fish and chips and leaving at about 5pm, with a few hours of daylight still to kill. We made our way from Edinburgh to Coldstream, about an hours drive, intent on attending a Mass Band day at Floors castle the following day, which we eventually did.... was great....toured the castle, watched the piper bands, falconry display, ....and Jesse even volunteered to run down the field, eagle descending on him from the sky to fetch a piece of meat he was holding on a plate above his head while he ran.....it was hysterical! The eagle dived, Jesse dived, and almost had his head taken off, but all was good fun and no harm done.

We left Coldstream and travelled 3hours the next day to a small village called Kircubrite, on the coast of Scotland. Not much in the village, but a real community vibe. They had a small military Tattoo that evening, which we REALLY enjoyed, with Scottish dancing in the street, the Welsh Guards military band ( really smart) and a Welsh choir. The local "parish" had donated the chairs for the evening...a nice touch. They had all the kids walking up and down with flags of the world, with Thomas the steam engine leading them... Tanner got the SA flag, but I noticed Jesse had swiped it from him by the end of the parade...:)

We stayed at "Cur-coo-bree" 2 nights and then I found some events we want to attend, on the web....a jousting tournament in Stevenage, a motorway event with drag bikes, in the middle of England somewhere(I forget) and an airshow on the west coast, 75% up England. (jee whizz I need to improve my memory/geography.!)

To get to the jousting, we have spend a night behind a farmhouse in Buxton, in the Peak district...lots of beautiful scenery. I saw a horse getting new horse shoes this morning while emptying the grey water for the van....a task which involves putting a bucket under the van, opening a handvalve, letting the bucket fill, and then carrying it to the drain area. In most campsites these areas are centralised, but on a farm they can be anywhere....although most CLs are really good.

We have decided that we need to jack up our website of travels thus far, so the plan is as follows:

1. To stick up a big map.
2. To put numbers for each area we have info on.
3. You click on a number, and a list of photos will load up.

On the technical side, we want to have a load of technical info (plug point pics etc) on a different section of the site, for people who want to see this type of info. We'll load our site blog and pics on a few travelling forums, and capitalise on selling advertising banners on various sections of the site. :)

We left Scotland yesterday....and saw a sign saying Welcome to England. It was a bit depressing. Scotland for us, is a brilliant place...we loved the towns, the people, and the culture. Nothing wrong with England at all..but Scotland has a special place in our hearts. Och Eyeeee!!!