No sleeping in Scotland!
I hadn't slept on the plane (watching bad movies instead) and when I arrived I figured to bed was a good plan. But my friend Penny had only Sunday off, and so off to milngavie for us! We got snacks at marks and Spencer (they aren't a clothing store!?) and then hiked the base of the West Highland Trail. I though is was going to be a nice hike with some castle ruins, boy was I wrong! The hike was pretty to begin with and up hill which was good exercise and the old stone walls were lovely and people were all smiles walking with their dogs and their families... and then we met... a crowd of people dresses in period costume acting out black magic scenes!!! Now it would have been normal if there were cameras or clearly a play, but it was neither of these... None of the characters interacted with the 'audience' some onlookers suggested that we could be having a collective hallucination. It was a great way to see a Scottish castle - complete with battles and black magic!

The day was well rounded out with more hiking than I ever thought was possible on no sleep (thanks penny!), some three dollar hamburgers, a deer, a close ups with a highland coo (sp?) oh and some archers dressed up like robin hood (no affiliation with the black magic fighters), some great maps, three beauiful trees, pirates gold (the money here is so heavy!) and some yummy tea and greys anatomy before bed!
I think I'm going to like this traveling thing!