Just What the Doctor Ordered....
We had no plan for today. Actually, we don;'t really have exact plans for the rest of the trip. If you know Jess, she needs to have everything laid out and planned and she needs to know where she is going and what we are doing and how we are getting there and what we are eating.....
She looked up some cool looking indoor climbing place for us to go to. When she called in the morning, they had no spots left. Apparently, they want you to have reservations to do any kind of stuff like this. I guess it makes sense, but it's also kind of annoying. We were both feeling a bit sad that we weren't in Edinburgh, but then reminded ourselves of the crowds and how we both hate that crap.
Yeah, see, no fucking way! Can you imagine trying to keep my kids wrangled in that mess?
We made a much better decision to go hiking in the Pentland Hills. A much better plan, I am so glad that I thought of it! We ended up getting out super late - I think after 11 - maybe just very close to it. I warned the boys before we got in the car - Neil mostly, but we had minimal whining and foolishness. We were on a great hike. We took the Glencorse View track. A nice meandering walk 2.7 mile loop. It took us through cow pastures, where you had the chance to get up close and personal with them, sheep pastures - the same.
It had a Mystery Trail thing for the kids to makes stops along the way. It gave them hints about an animal that was out of the Pentlands for one-hundred years and was back. It was a buzzard. We were all wrong. We ended up finding three caches. We headed out to lunch afterwards at the Pentlands Roadhouse in Loanhead - which according to Jess had great reviews and a playground.
The views of the reservoir and the glen were awesome and I could spend a ton of time hiking in this area if I had the opportunity.
The McNeill boys (and their mother) are coming, hide your daughters!
The beer garden was an outside areas with some old ass wooden picnic benches. There were other folding chairs strewn about. The boys met up with some other boy named Noah and played while we were trying to order our food. Jess ended up speaking with a very intrusive Noah's grandmother and his mother. The mom wasn't so intrusive but she was smoking in the playground area. I mean, c'mon, it's 2018, we know better at this point, no?
In typical fashion at places like this, Jess was asking to order a pie and she asked the woman if a half portion or a whole would be good for me. The woman looked out windows and said "Who’s your husband - the guy with the beard? He can eat the whole thing." Was I going to hide it in my beard? Did the striped of my shirt make my belly look bigger?
The boys had a good time - then some other boys came and there were seven boys, including Duncs running around the place. The new kids weren't as nice - but they ended up figuring it out.
I'm not sure Jess would have let me take Duncan in here to change his pants. As a matter of fact, I am pretty sure that she would have been horrified by this set up.
The food took forever to come out. Jess got some soup, with bread and a curry dish. I got a steak and ale plate with HAGGIS BON BONS for an appetizer. They were pretty good but didn't go over so well with the boys. Neil said he would eat more but was like eh...Malcolm pulled the typical Malcolm and wanted to spit it out. Duncs pulled it out of his mouth and said, "No like.."
Jess informed me that this lunch, which cost like 41 pounds is equal to or slightly more than we have bee n paying for three days of food at Aldi - and that is delivered to our door. If you're going to travel, unless you are loaded, I think the way that we do it makes a lot of sense. It's way more work, but I think how we spend the money makes it possible for us to spend money on important things, like gas for the car and beer for me.
We probably spent close to two and a half hours in that place. The boys were all over the playground and running and playing tag. The interaction with other kids was probably just what they needed. As we were getting ready to leave a lot of the locals were heading in - this was gonna be the spot for a raucous Saturday night.
She looked up some cool looking indoor climbing place for us to go to. When she called in the morning, they had no spots left. Apparently, they want you to have reservations to do any kind of stuff like this. I guess it makes sense, but it's also kind of annoying. We were both feeling a bit sad that we weren't in Edinburgh, but then reminded ourselves of the crowds and how we both hate that crap.
Yeah, see, no fucking way! Can you imagine trying to keep my kids wrangled in that mess?
We made a much better decision to go hiking in the Pentland Hills. A much better plan, I am so glad that I thought of it! We ended up getting out super late - I think after 11 - maybe just very close to it. I warned the boys before we got in the car - Neil mostly, but we had minimal whining and foolishness. We were on a great hike. We took the Glencorse View track. A nice meandering walk 2.7 mile loop. It took us through cow pastures, where you had the chance to get up close and personal with them, sheep pastures - the same.
It had a Mystery Trail thing for the kids to makes stops along the way. It gave them hints about an animal that was out of the Pentlands for one-hundred years and was back. It was a buzzard. We were all wrong. We ended up finding three caches. We headed out to lunch afterwards at the Pentlands Roadhouse in Loanhead - which according to Jess had great reviews and a playground.
The views of the reservoir and the glen were awesome and I could spend a ton of time hiking in this area if I had the opportunity.
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| Anywhere and everywhere.... |
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| You guys sit and enjoy some snacks - I'll go get the cache! |
Somewhere along the trail, the conversation somehow changed to when Malcolm got into Mommy's belly (during the last trip to Scotland) and how does that happen. Neil promptly shouts out, "Sperm from the balls." Yes, Mommy, exactly, how does that happen?
The McNeill boys (and their mother) are coming, hide your daughters!
The beer garden was an outside areas with some old ass wooden picnic benches. There were other folding chairs strewn about. The boys met up with some other boy named Noah and played while we were trying to order our food. Jess ended up speaking with a very intrusive Noah's grandmother and his mother. The mom wasn't so intrusive but she was smoking in the playground area. I mean, c'mon, it's 2018, we know better at this point, no?
In typical fashion at places like this, Jess was asking to order a pie and she asked the woman if a half portion or a whole would be good for me. The woman looked out windows and said "Who’s your husband - the guy with the beard? He can eat the whole thing." Was I going to hide it in my beard? Did the striped of my shirt make my belly look bigger?
The boys had a good time - then some other boys came and there were seven boys, including Duncs running around the place. The new kids weren't as nice - but they ended up figuring it out.
I'm not sure Jess would have let me take Duncan in here to change his pants. As a matter of fact, I am pretty sure that she would have been horrified by this set up.
The food took forever to come out. Jess got some soup, with bread and a curry dish. I got a steak and ale plate with HAGGIS BON BONS for an appetizer. They were pretty good but didn't go over so well with the boys. Neil said he would eat more but was like eh...Malcolm pulled the typical Malcolm and wanted to spit it out. Duncs pulled it out of his mouth and said, "No like.."
Jess informed me that this lunch, which cost like 41 pounds is equal to or slightly more than we have bee n paying for three days of food at Aldi - and that is delivered to our door. If you're going to travel, unless you are loaded, I think the way that we do it makes a lot of sense. It's way more work, but I think how we spend the money makes it possible for us to spend money on important things, like gas for the car and beer for me.
We probably spent close to two and a half hours in that place. The boys were all over the playground and running and playing tag. The interaction with other kids was probably just what they needed. As we were getting ready to leave a lot of the locals were heading in - this was gonna be the spot for a raucous Saturday night.
We stopped at another brewery, Stewart Brewing. This one was a bit more hipster like you would expect at home. I have already had one or two of their beers while here and I liked them. I picked up a few things to try.
Guess the boys were really tired. So tired that someone left Mommy's water bottle open and it leaked all over the floor of the car that we rented. I guess one of them is hell bent on us owning an Audi with right hand drive. It is a sport edition, so, maybe it was Mommy.
Side note: For those of you who believe that I am making too much of the shitty internet here, you should take a look at this, this, maybe this, or even this.
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