Source: Lucia Guercio
“Welly” Saturday in Loch Leven
Read about Lucia’s experience taking a day trip outside of St. Andrews.
This past weekend should have traditionally been Welly Ball. For one day, everybody would leave week 9 deadline stress to focus on pres, make-up, and of course the unfindable wellies. Now, mist, fog, and rain indistinguishably merging day and night are the only self-evident reason to wear wellies. This is sad. Wanting to give significance to our “Welly” Saturday, my two friends and I decided to leave for a true Scottish day-trip experience. If events are not happening, then we were ready to create our very own event. Armed with backpacks, my Suzuki Alto 2011 and improbable hiking roots, we decided it was time to venture ourselves for the first time outside of the aristocratic boroughs of St. Andrews and Edinburgh. Loch Leven is a lovely lake and National Natural Reserve in the area of Kinross-Perth, circa one hour outside of St. Andrews down the M91. For the history geeks, there is also a castle in ruins on a little island that can be reached by boat, where Mary Queen of Scots debated the fate of the Scottish reformation with John Knox and seat of her later imprisonment. History, nature, and swans to feed, this is what we were looking forward to. Nonetheless, Scottish weather is the most untrustful variable. Despite our forecasts predicted a chill and sunny day, it was so foggy that we couldn’t see as far as our noses. This cause various disruptions, first and foremost we missed like three exits and we were prevented from even seeing the castle in the lake.
The walk across the reservoir seemed easy and engaging with wooden platforms disclosing paths at the crossroad of forest and watercourses. However, we did not stay long since we almost fell in the water due to that intense fog. We were also prevented from seeing the majestic Kinross House Estate, a beautiful late 17th-century mansion, praised by Defoe as “the most beautiful and regular piece of architecture in Scotland.” Accepting our failure in the hiking adventure, we turned the day into an exploration of larders and local farms. After leaving Kinross, which by the way is the village where Outlander was shot, we drove to Loch Leven Larder, six miles away from the lake area. Christmas smells, decorations and fairy lights welcome us in a magical place. For a moment corona was just a far memory and the happiness of the holidays inebriate our spirits. Hand-made wooden and woolen products, homemade marmalade, and hand-picked vegetables added to the feeling of a cozy indoor Christmas market. The restaurant also seemed delicious, however, they had no space for us. After some (un)necessary Christmas shopping, from local cheese crackers to the ultimate Santa socks made from alpaca wool, we drove back towards Cairnie fruit farm in Cupar. This is a well-known place in St. Andrews. We sat for a coffee and played outside in the children’s area because nothing is better than a swing or two! Finally, we made our way towards a well-deserved lunch and what better choice than Balgove to end the day in pure country style.
A St. Andrews favourite, the barn is always a guarantee for the best meat in town. Rump steak, Sirloin steak, and Lamb burger were our choices, with the unmissable peppercorn sauce and parmesan and truffle fries. The dessert was the best apple and pear crumble coated in heavenly smooth custard cream. The flower shed was the last picturesque spot before coming back to St. Andrews. Overall the day was very different from the planned excursion, yet evading from town and trying to escape the stress of a seat in pret or the hustle of (trying to) respect the two households rule was NICE. Nice as a chill day with friends can be, nice as the first Christmas lights in what is our darkest winter.
Have you ever heard of second life (sl for short). It is essentially a online game where you can do anything you want. Second life is literally my second life (pun intended lol). If you want to see more you can see these Second Life articles and blogs
Wow, this piece of writing is nice, my younger sister is analyzing such things, thus I am going to let know her.|
Since the admin of this web site is working, no hesitation very quickly it will be renowned, due to its feature contents.|
lovoo fake check wie schreibe ich eine frau bei lovoo an http://lovooeinloggen.com/
free asian dating no credit card charges
usa dating sites for free http://freedatingfreetst.com/
adult dating websites
worst adult dating websites http://freeadultdatingusus.com/
tadalafil max dose https://nextadalafil.com/ tadalafil 40 mg from india tadalafil pills
buy tadalafil us https://pulmoprestadalafil.com/ 40 mg tadalafil tadalafil max dose
tadalafil 40 mg from india https://tadalafilgenc.com/ buy tadalafil tadalafil max dose
tadalafil 40 mg daily https://extratadalafill.com/ tadalis sx tadalafil 40 mg from india
tadalafil 60 mg for sale https://superactivetadalafil.com/ tadalafil max dose tadalafil gel
This was great! I would like you to clean up all this spam though
This was great! I would like you to clean up all this spam though
This was great! I would like you to clean up all this spam though
This was awesome! I would like you to clean up all this spam though
This was awesome! I would like you to clean up all this spam though
This was great! I would like you to clean up all this spam though
generic tadalafil 40 mg https://tadalafilgenc.com/ order tadalafil buy tadalafil
This was great! I would like you to clean up all this spam though
This was great! I would like you to clean up all this spam though
tadalafil 40 https://pulmoprestadalafil.com/ generic tadalafil united states tadalafil generic
buy tadalafil us https://extratadalafill.com/ order tadalafil tadalafil dosage
order tadalafil https://superactivetadalafil.com/ buy tadalafil generic tadalafil
generic tadalafil 40 mg https://nextadalafil.com/ tadalafil pills 20mg tadalafil pills
This was awesome! I would like you to clean up all this spam though
This was awesome! I would like you to clean up all this spam though
This was awesome! I would like you to clean up all this spam though
This was awesome! I would like you to clean up all this spam though
This was awesome! I would like you to clean up all this spam though
This was awesome! I would like you to clean up all this spam though
Have you ever heard of second life (sl for short). It is essentially a video game where you can do anything you want. SL is literally my second life (pun intended lol). If you want to see more you can see these sl articles and blogs
Have you ever heard of second life (sl for short). It is essentially a game where you can do anything you want. SL is literally my second life (pun intended lol). If you would like to see more you can see these sl authors and blogs
Have you ever heard of second life (sl for short). It is essentially a game where you can do anything you want. SL is literally my second life (pun intended lol). If you want to see more you can see these Second Life websites and blogs
Have you ever heard of second life (sl for short). It is basically a game where you can do anything you want. sl is literally my second life (pun intended lol). If you want to see more you can see these Second Life websites and blogs
http://buystromectolon.com/ – Stromectol
propecia vs finasteride
On Line Bentyl Ibs Can I Purchase
https://buypropeciaon.com/ – Propecia
Pharmace Online
tab ivermectin 3mg
https://buylasixshop.com/ – lasix to bumex
http://buypriligyhop.com/ – how to buy priligy im 16 years old
azithromycin online
Which Is Better Cipro Or Amoxicillin
Lasix
https://bit.ly/3hoC8Vl
hydroxychloroquine for sale amazon
https://buyzithromaxinf.com/ – Zithromax
Cephalexin And Pregnancy
https://buyplaquenilcv.com/ – Plaquenil