At the weekend, we had decided to go and check out Falkland Palace. Saturday morning, and into the car we got, and attempted to put the post code into the gps, which decided it wasn't going to turn on! Fair do's we've had it for about 7 or 8 years, and it's an obsolete RAC branded device that we can't update any longer, so off a quick detour to Halfords to replace it was in order. Once there, they didn't have the one we wanted, but the Bishopbriggs branch did. Now I'd have needed a GPS to FIND Bishopbriggs, so it was Google maps on the phone to the rescue.
New GPS in place, and off we headed. about 40 minutes later, "BATTERY LOW!" on the GPS followed by it dying on us, and then the realisation that it wasn't either GPS that was gubbed, it was the lighter socket that they were being plugged into. So basically that was a GPS we didn't have to buy. Except we probably did (see the previous comment about not being able to update the old one).
So, back to Google maps, and eventually we got to the rather stunning Falkland Palace, where there was a Mary Queen of Scots day taking place, with people playing Mary and Lord Darnley, walking the grounds, and the chance to try falconry and archery taking place as well.
After Falkland Palace, we headed to Hill of Tervit, a stunning property in the middle of nowhere. The guy who owned the house had been a collector, and the house had been designed and built to house his collection (furniture, tapestries etc). Rather than buying a house and filling it with a collection, he had his collection and built the house to suit. A nice touch was that he insisted all the bedrooms looked different, as "This is a house, not a hotel".
As we headed to the car to go home, the heavens opened. It had been a really nice day and was dry and sunny up to that point. The whole way home was torrential rain.
Great day out though.
On Sunday we'd headed to the pub in the afternoon, but had to come home early, as I got floored with a really bad cold. Had to take a couple of days off work, and it's not completely cleared yet.
So, a good weekend (except for having to cut short the pub!)
New GPS in place, and off we headed. about 40 minutes later, "BATTERY LOW!" on the GPS followed by it dying on us, and then the realisation that it wasn't either GPS that was gubbed, it was the lighter socket that they were being plugged into. So basically that was a GPS we didn't have to buy. Except we probably did (see the previous comment about not being able to update the old one).
So, back to Google maps, and eventually we got to the rather stunning Falkland Palace, where there was a Mary Queen of Scots day taking place, with people playing Mary and Lord Darnley, walking the grounds, and the chance to try falconry and archery taking place as well.
After Falkland Palace, we headed to Hill of Tervit, a stunning property in the middle of nowhere. The guy who owned the house had been a collector, and the house had been designed and built to house his collection (furniture, tapestries etc). Rather than buying a house and filling it with a collection, he had his collection and built the house to suit. A nice touch was that he insisted all the bedrooms looked different, as "This is a house, not a hotel".
As we headed to the car to go home, the heavens opened. It had been a really nice day and was dry and sunny up to that point. The whole way home was torrential rain.
Great day out though.
On Sunday we'd headed to the pub in the afternoon, but had to come home early, as I got floored with a really bad cold. Had to take a couple of days off work, and it's not completely cleared yet.
So, a good weekend (except for having to cut short the pub!)
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