Tomorrow, I leave for my great adventure into the wilds of northwest Scotland. Please pray for safe travels for the mad three. For details of our trip, see my earlier post.
I will not have my computer with me, because I don't want to wrestle another item through security. Also, I want a break from blogging to return fresh and rejuvenated to pound the keys once again. You'll hear all about the trip and see pictures when I get home. Who knows? Even MadChauffeur may strike a pose. Before I leave, I will turn off the comments function.
Oban, Scotland
Message to the Scots: Forewarned is forearmed.
Photo of moi courtesy of Paul the BB.
Other photos from Wikipedia here and here.
UPDATE: Miss Cathy and Miss Mimi waved a tearful good-bye to MadChauffeur this morning. He left quite worried that Miss C and Miss M would not be capable of making their way on the rest of the journey without him, but they will be fine.
All the best for a happy journey and an equally happy return!
ReplyDeleteHave a good time, Mimi! I look forward to pictures and reports when you return.
ReplyDeleteBon voyage! What a great photo. You have one of the best smiles ever.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful time in Dalamory land and you never know.... you might end up here.
ReplyDeleteHave a fantastic trip! I love that area - went to Skye on my honeymoon. Enjoy your break from the heat and from blogging - I look forward to your return all refreshed.
ReplyDeletePenny
Have a fabulous time and be sure to have a dram or two from time to time of some good single malt scotch.
ReplyDeleteThanks, everyone. The heat here is of the you-can-fry-an-egg-on-the-sidewalk variety, and it will be a great relief to flee away to cooler weather.
ReplyDeleteAbout the single malt, I will have a dram or two.
Are you a pickpocket or (as well as!) a loose woman?
ReplyDeleteBon Voyage Cher Mimi! [Kiss Cathy for me. ;-) Hug and/or slug MadPriest.]
SO envious about those "wee drams"!
JCF, thank you.
ReplyDeleteAre you a pickpocket or (as well as!) a loose woman?
'Fraid so, m'dear.
MadPriest? Is there something I don't know? In any case, IF I were to run into MadPriest, with only two choices, I'd have to choose the slug.
Have fun - write us if you get to an internet cafe
ReplyDeletetravel safely. Enjoy the whisky and the weather and the views and the company! I know you will. :_)
ReplyDeleteBon Voyage! I wish I could travel with you and carry the luggage, but not in that nasty Reker sort of way.
ReplyDeleteThank you all. I'll write when I can, m'dears.
ReplyDeleteKJ, you nice boy, you know I'd love to have you carry my luggage, but not in the nasty Reker sort of way.
I'm sure KJ could give a dynamite special massage if he put his mind to it.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, since Mimi is a right proper Episcopalian and Southern lady, the correct category must be pickpocket.
Buon viaggio, cara Nonna. Have a fabulous time and be prepared to share stories when you return.
I'm sure KJ could give a dynamite special massage if he put his mind to it.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt!
Caro Paulo, the picture is one of my favorites, and I like very few pictures of myself.
Thank you for your good wishes.
Have a great trip you three.
ReplyDeleteI have turned the "pickpockets & loose women" scan into a jigsaw puzzle. Those needing a "Mimi-fix" over the next couple of weeks may access it here.
ReplyDeleteAmelia, we'll remember that you were there.
ReplyDeleteLapin, the puzzle was a hoot. Thank you.
Have fun though I gather it has been wet (my boss just got back from Scotland).
ReplyDeleteAlso if you have a chance find out how many Scottish Episcopalians there are. The wikipedia article is having a dispute on that. :-)
This sneaked past me in my own preparations. Have a wonderful time. I flew from NZ to Australia yesterday and fly onto Europe via Bangkok on August 19. When you return on August 26 I will hopefully be on the 2nd day of my cruise up the Norwegian coast.
ReplyDeleteHave a great trip. I was good to talk to you the other day.
ReplyDeleteLapin, the puzzle was fun. thanks!
Erp, after looking at the several-day weather forecast, I doubt we'll be seeing much of the sun.
ReplyDeleteBrian enjoy your Norwegian coast cruise.
Dennis, thanks. Good to talk to you.
HMmm. Contents are back on. Is our Mimi home?
ReplyDeletePiskie, I am not yet home. I thought I'd open the comments. I'm leaving the UK Thursday.
ReplyDeleteMimi
"I had desired to visit the Hebrides, or Western Islands of Scotland, so long, that I scarcely remember how the wish was originally excited; and was in the Autumn of the year 1773 induced to undertake the journey, by finding in Mr. Boswell a companion, whose acuteness would help my inquiry, and whose gaiety of conversation and civility of manners are sufficient to counteract the inconveniences of travel, in countries less hospitable than we have passed.
ReplyDelete"On the eighteenth of August we left Edinburgh, a city too well known to admit description, and directed our course northward, along the eastern coast of Scotland, accompanied the first day by another gentleman, who could stay with us only long enough to shew us how much we lost at separation.
"As we crossed the Frith of Forth, our curiosity was attracted by Inch Keith, a small island, which neither of my companions had ever visited, though, lying within their view, it had all their lives solicited their notice. Here, by climbing with some difficulty over shattered crags, we made the first experiment of unfrequented coasts. Inch Keith is nothing more than a rock covered with a thin layer of earth, not wholly bare of grass, and very fertile of thistles."
We expect nothing less.....
You're at DP's now, right? Have a good rest up and get on that plane! I miss you.
ReplyDeleteRick, thanks for the quote from Johnson. In several places we visited, we saw quotes from Johnson's journal and notations that "Boswell and Johnson were here!".
ReplyDeleteSusan, DP and I had a lovely day yesterday, and I had a yummy meal with him and his family last evening.
I miss all of you, too. I'll be back online probably sometime Friday, since I'm getting home late on Thursday.
Mimi
Have a safe trip, and don't blog until you're over your jet lag!
ReplyDeleteSeeing our mutual friend rmj this week for the first time in person in over a decade. Embarrassing that I never met his beautiful daughter till she entered college!
Yippeee!! the comments are open!!! I made it here too late to say travel safely, so may I say instead --WELCOME HOME!!!!
ReplyDeleteBienvenue à ton retour!
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your prayers and good wishes. I'm home again, tired but happy.
ReplyDeleteRick, I'm so pleased that you and your old friend Rmj got together again. I'd love to meet the two of you in real life.
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