Day #12 - On the road again.

This probably won't rank up there as the most exciting blog post you ever read. We had breakfast on the Isle of Skye, navigated our stuff back down the two flights of twisty, carpeted steps, loaded Lefty (the car), said good morning to Roger and made tracks for Edinburgh.

We are very grateful to have Roger on the trip as he has done a lot of the work, some that we are not sure we could have done. We were told at one point not to worry about getting somewhere because the streets in Scotland are well marked. Outside of the city there are road signs for the larger roads, but inside the city the streets are not well labeled. When there are street signs they are on the buildings and finding them can be a challenge - so without Roger we're not sure we'd find our destinations as easily as we have. Leaving Isle of Skye and heading for Edinburgh we followed Roger's lead which took us up into the middle of the country near Perth and on several roads that we had already navigated. The SatNav / GPS is programmed to find the fastest route, but we had hoped to make a loop and head south, near Fort William and Glascow. It was good lesson on programming Roger. It was a good day for driving with overcast skies and rain showers.

We stopped for fuel and snacks and arrived in Edinburgh around 15:00. Roger was great, navigating through some construction in the city, but I wasn't so good. I was crabby and frustrated with the traffic, not knowing where to go etc. I didn't follow Beth's advice to relax and follow the GPS directions and Beth put me in my place!

The Rowan Guest House is our home for the end of the trip and today (13 July) is our last day in Scotland. We poked around the neighborhood, but most of the shops are closed (it was Sunday), but the pubs weren't and we had a couple pints and dinner at the Old Bell pub. Sue - thanks for the restaurant suggestion - we'll look into that - thank you!

On Monday we have our last bit of city driving, taking Lefty (the car) across town to car for hire office and dropping it off. We plan to spend the rest of the day walking and visiting shops. Beth is already doing a little preliminary packing as I type and trying to make sure we're ready for customs. Thanks for reading!