Well on Saturday Steve Birchall and I took a flight to another country, a country that I have never been to before, yes its true!, a country that I dicovered is where men are men and women are., well ….women
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Upon arrival we disembarked and were greeted by Murdo who guided us outside the airport and guess what? Yes, they have transportation devices which we know as cars, over there too! It’s TRUE!...honest!
They even have marked white lines on the ground which were neatly aligned which we in the South call parking spaces, I couldn’t even distinguish between our parking spaces in the South and theirs! Strangely though, what they refer to as ‘wee cars’ even looked like cars we’re all used to seeing, Oh my, will I be able to take many more surprises in this strange country, it was all becoming overwhelming
could this country, this new world, be a similar to ours?! Although, a ’wee’ means something totally different to us and we would never call our cars that for obvious reasons to us, but perhaps they’ve not worked that one out over there as yet.
But there’s more! I was surprised to discover that the steering wheel on Murdo’s 'wee' car was on the same side as us! …it’s even a bloody round shaped wheel, just like ours, honestly, and, get this, they even drive on the same side of the road! Wow! Although, they call it a ‘raooo’d’ over there.
It Gets better! In this strange country, they also spoke something like words and I was further stunned to find, I could understand what the locals were saying…well some of the time anyway …lol.
My carry on luggage was very heavy as I had packed some sunshine with us to gift it to the poor locals so they could get to see what this strange blinding light looks like
, What I didn’t see coming, was that when I released the Sunshine, first thing in the morning, it gradually worked its way over the Motoring Museum then onto to Loch Lammond, and for them, as this was something of an extraordinary event to see, they all shot down to Loch Lammond, it was as if they’d seen an alien spaceship landing and were totally mesmerised by it! All of Scotland must have gathered to see this unusual event, and this even caused, dare I say it, many miles of TRAFFIC! Now that IS, what we’re used to seeing in the south! I decided to leave them enough for about 5 day’s worth, so enjoy! Courtesy of the South.
I’m just glad I was only there just for the day to begin with, as I was so overwhelmed with all that I was discovering in this strange country, that I could have passed out!
The Museum was a brilliant treat, (a must visit!) being an Engineer it was right up my street as I was like a kid in a sweet shop!
All in all a Brilliant weekend was had by all. It was a pleasure to meet you all individually.
Thank you to everyone who attended and for having us, Thanks to Murdo for arranging airport runs and hotel, also a very special thank you to Steve Birchall for very kindly dealing with the travelling arrangements for me, which made it possible for me to go and for his wonderful company.
This one is surely one I'll truly not forget, after all, you never forget stepping foot in a new country!
Pictures here in 'FOUR' parts
Part 1
http://www.a2oc.net/forum/album.php?albumid=659
Part 2
http://www.a2oc.net/forum/album.php?albumid=660
Part 3
http://www.a2oc.net/forum/album.php?albumid=661
Part 4
http://www.a2oc.net/forum/album.php?albumid=663
Please note, each link may have more than one page of pictures, just in case you miss the rest of the pages
Sincerely
Sarge