Happy Birthday Lee

Lee turned 15 on Saturday and he celebrated with a trip to Blairgowrie (2 hours drive from Glasgow, 15 miles north of Perth) with his mates and we went along for the spin. While driving in the rain on the way there we wondered what we could do with our day but the sun came out as soon as we got there and after a long lunch we took in the scenery on a lovely trek, the photos speak for themselves:





We took a spin further along the road and spotted the Loch of the Lowes - a quick stop for the obvious photo opportunity but the reserve was closed so we kept going to the town of Dunkeld.



We found the perfect pub here on the banks of the river Tay (in TayBank Hotel) which was a musicians paradise - just grap an instrument and play away. The photo just shows one corner of this pub, upstairs it had a music room with another wall full of instruments to use. I would have loved to have just booked in for the night but a group of teenagers were relying on us to get them back to Glasgow (they were camera shy hence no photos of them). This place is definately on our list to return and stay overnight.



Back in Glasgow and we just had time for a birthday tea party before bedtime.





Happy Birthday Lee and thanks for introducing us to another beautiful part of Scotland.

Back to Belgium

This weekend we took a trip to Brussels for the weekend to visit some old haunts. Unfortunately the one we really wanted to have a drink in is closed down - we don't know if it's temporary for refrubishment or permanent. The Celtica bar in Brussels is where we met and we were looking forward to going there for a few drinks and maybe catch some music but it wasn't to be. But there were plenty more establishments to quench the thirst. We also took a day trip to Antwerp which was beautiful as always. We got a good taste of beer and chocolate to keep us going for another while.