Leah & Julian in The World

Another smooth ferry trip (2 hours) from Northern Ireland saw us arrive in Stranraer, Scotland where we were informed the A77 road north was closed because of a traffic accident in the wet conditions.  We changed our plans of visiting Glasgow via Ayr and headed for Dumfries (east) then Moffat to camp.  This meant we would be 90 minutes from Edinburgh where we had accommodation booked the following night.

The caravan park at Moffat could be described as prestigious.  It was the first Club site we had stayed at during the trip and our dirty, graffitied (is that a word?) campervan looked and felt out of place against the 30 or so gleaming white caravans and tourers.  It was then a surprise to us that the next morning we had half the population of Scotland gathered around inspecting our tiny campervan.  For all their mod-cons and gadgets aboard their tourers, the campervan was still a hit and the crowd congregated asking questions and taking photos.  I’ve posted some photos of the campervan, so you too can have a sticky.

The drive to Edinburgh was through some attractive countryside of Scotland – rolling hills, the Clyde and trees with leaves for a change (pines).
Once we made it to Edinburgh we went for a stroll up the Royal Mile to Edinburgh Castle.  We spent an hour or so touring the castle and admiring the view of the city and the Firth of Forth.

View from Edinburgh Castle

We checked into the hotel (we got cheap rooms at the Travelodge, booked months ago – Leah was very pleased to have a room!).  Then we went hunting for a McDonalds, but it eluded us.  We found ourselves in a Spanish tapas bar enjoying their free wifi!

Edinburgh Castle

For dinner we went to an Indian restaurant called Suruchi.  The food was great, once we figured out the menu – check out the Scottish descriptions of the dishes!

Scottish-Indian