I surrender!

[winterbadger]

After checking with about half the hotels in the Loch Lomond area (Luss, Balloch, Drymen, Arrochar, Tarbet...) and having no luck finding a single room, I gave up and booked a room at the Glasgow Airport Travelodge. Since I have to catch an international flight the next day at 11.45, I might as well be right near the airport. I'll do whatever fun stuff I can in the park on the way down and not have the hassle of having to deal with traffic getting into the city on a weekday morning. *sigh* Which means I just need to get Thursday night lodging nailed down. here and look for IN512) which looks pretty darn interesting. The intro degree courses have been pretty mind-numbing so far, and despite getting an A in each I've had my doubts as to whether this was really worth the time I was putting into it. This, being a substantive course, will be my test case: if I find it interesting and enjoyable, I'll keep up with the program, otherwise I'm dropping it or switching to somethign that might have a broader applicability if I were to move, like history.

My camera arrived, and I took some shots of some of john_arundel's incredible modeling work on a science fiction tank; I'll put those up later once I've installed all the camera software &c.

I had a nice time meeting and trying to talk to redactrice's and shy_kat's French Servas visitor. He seemed like a very nice fellow.

Today is for: buying some birthday presents for my Dad and mailing them; playing "Ga Pa" with some wargaming friends in the afternoon; going to dinner at Marrakesh with some friends from work. Maybe watching DC United play New England (off the TiVo) when I get home.

Soon I need to post some reviews for movies I've been watching lately and books I've read. Right now I think I need to go taka e ashower so I'll be ready to go out when C&M come back with my car (theirs is inthe shop).

Comments

[incursus.livejournal.com]

It's a shame you weren't able to get lodging up by Loch Lomond, because it's lovely up there, however at least it's not too far from Glasgow so you shouldn't have too much problem getting back.

[winterbadger]

Yeah, September is just apparently the wrong time to go unless you plan well in advance!

I still have dream of renting a cottage near there or Loch Ness (see http://www.abriachan.wanadoo.co.uk//website.htm for one example) in the fall with some friends, or staying some place remote and beautiful (http://www.cantickhead.com/) for New Years/Hogmany. I need to find friends who will travel to Scotland with me for that, though (or make some there!!!) And I still have yet to experience the excitement of Edinburgh at the new year.

I want to see the park and the loch and Ben Lomond properly, so I may end up planning another holiday that's just that, or that and another visit to Glen Coe, which I love. And there's so much I still haven't seen! the North, the rest of the Isles, Orkney, Ayrshire, Galloway, the Borders, Fife. Oh, and most of England and Wales... And all that Europe bit off to the east...

I really need to start playign the lottery regularly.

[(Anonymous)]

Wow, the cottage really does have a great view.

My dad's cousin used to stay in Fort Augustus, at the southern tip of the loch and I always loved going to see them because the loch was so pretty.