Well I finally have a job!!!! I don’t start for a couple of weeks but I have got an offer to work for a company called Bodycote. I will tell you more about it once I have started working there.
Ok so what have we done since last time I hear you ask. Well we have gone to the Edinburgh Castle, Glasgow and Linlithgow.
Edinburgh Castle.
So we walk from our unit 15mins and we are now walking along Princes street looking over the gardens and up to the castle, unbelievable. Once we got up and through the gates to the castle we started to have a look around. The history that this place has is amazing walking up the coble stone roads towards the top of the castle. Up the top of the castle is Saint Margaret’s Chapel which is the oldest building in Edinburgh. It is still used for military weddings. It is very small but very very beautiful. We went and saw a guy who took us through the highland weapons and also how to put on the traditional feileadh mhór –philimore (which is 1 bit of material which is 60 inches wide and 7 yards long). Highly recommend visiting this wonderful castle.
Glasgow
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Katherine had to go to Glasgow for some training for work so the rest of us decided to go up for the weekend. So while Katherine was at her training Phil, Meaghann and I decided to go around and have a look at some of the historic sites around Glasgow. We went and had a look at some ruins of a Roman Bath dating back to the 2nd century AD. The baths were right in front of a block of units. We then went for a bit of a drive and to a Roman fort. Well we started walking up a dirt road which just lead up to a farm after walking a couple of kms we got to the top of the path. In front of us there was a structure that looked to a water tank (It had a dome on top) which we later learned was an Iron Age fort. We then climbed over a barbed wire fence and walked through the bog up to what we think and believe is the roman fort. We decided to walk out through these fields looking behind us making sure there wasn’t a bull or mad farmer chasing after us. We then went up through a forest trying to find an old Roman wall. After walking for about 45min walking up this path we decided to turn around and go back to the car. We ended up walking along side the wall almost the whole time only we didn’t really know about it cause it now looks like a mound of moss covered dirt running up the whole length of the path. We also ran into a White-Tailed Deer.
We then met up with Katherine after her training we went to the Hunterian Museum. This museum was amazing if had some much stuff ranging from dinosaurs to medical stuff. The best thing I love was that they had a Tasmanian Tiger and also a Egyptian mummy in a sarcophagus that has never been opened. The next day we all decided to go to the Glasgow Science Centre and had a good play with all the different exhibits.
Linlithgow.
Well last weekend Phil took us to Linlithgow to visit the town where he works. It is about 30min drive from Edinburgh. It was great we went to the Linlithgow Palace which is where Mary Queen of Scots was born. The Palace is in great nic and you can walk all around it. It also has great views over the Loch there. We also went through the church next door to the Palace where she was baptised. After that we went to a local pub had a great meal, walked down High street and then went back to the car. Linlithgow is a beautiful wee town and a great place to visit.
Anyway I will keep you all up to date on what we are all doing. I hope all your families and friends are doing well.
Cheers,
Dan
