Millport and Glasgow and Edinburgh

In Bologna in an hotel which obviously has a disgruntled housemaid. Room fine and only cost 80 euros. Going into the bathroom there is a pile of the following: 4 toothbrushes with paste, 3 razors, 5 shower caps, 4 vanity packs and the usual 6 pieces of soap and shampoo.

Meal with Gordon and Sheila, Ronald and Kathy at an Italian place in Glasgow which was lots of fun of course: picture of us all having lots of fun.

Millport the following day which was brilliant. I cycled everywhere round the island and charged around rocks while Mum went to visit all the shops in Millport…. After 10 minutes having seen them all she went for coffee and sulk (Mum doesn’t see the attractions of Millport).

Here's a picture of what happened to my lovely jersey when we put our clothes into a laundry in Millport.

With extreme guilt we decided to go back to Edinburgh rather than go to my parents again. With all our luggage and stuff it was just too complicated to get back out there. Guilt slightly assuaged because they probably wouldn’t remember that we’d already been there for 3 days.

Edinburgh was full due to some conferences so we ended up staying in a McDonald Roxburghe which is maybe the most expensive place we have EVER stayed in (including the Versace). It was so exclusive that they charged extra for internet, breakfast and sleeping. It had a swimming pool and sauna though (right in the middle of Edinburgh too) so that was fine.

I went to the Zoo while Mum decided to go to the hospital to see what Scottish ones look like. My zoo took 2 hours but Mum decided to see both hospitals and took 7 hours including blood tests. Naturally she was perfectly fine. I kept telling her that and she could have come to the zoo with me and enjoyed getting freezing and not seeing any animals (because there were all hiding because it was too flaming cold) and getting wet and sore from walking up hills and not seeing any animals (apart from millions of penguins) and trying to keep my nose from falling off with frostbite and finding out there are no elephants or giraffes any more… or reptiles… or an aquarium. There is a great Australis exhibition which was lovely and warm so I stayed there for an hour of the two hours.