Day 13 & 14 - Nessy, a Stone & Wallace

Day 13- Waking up to a sunny morning we headed out to visit Castle Urquhart from land. Unlike the other ruined castles you could climb up to different levels which was nice. Being scared off by the bus loads of French & German tourists, we headed to Inverness in search of the Ness handbag store. Honestly, I was hoping the store was as hard to find as the Ness monster because I didn't want to shop. But eagle eye Tara spotted the store and a Starbucks from a mile away. After picking out the perfect purse, we stopped at the Starbucks for tea.

Leaving Inverness we headed to Old Scone to visit the Stone of Destiny where the kings of Scotland would get crowned. Arriving at the Palace of Scone I saw a gentleman with some all terrain Segways and within minutes Tara and I were touring the Palace gardens upon Segways, it was great fun. The Palace was nice and interestingly still being lived as it was privately owned.
We arrived in Perth late. As it was raining, we looked for a hotel, having no luck we chose to head to Stirling. After 30mins in Stirling and never seeing a single hotel. We decided to we start following the "i" signs leading us to the information centre. We found our selves heading up a hill, towards Stirling Castle, with no first gear. That was a challenging drive! We got to the tourist info booth only to discover that it was closed. Stressed I spotted the golden M and headed in for some stress relieving food and free wifi. We found a campground on the net, and followed the directions provided. Again it had great views including Wallace Monument.
Day 14- Given the long and stressful driving day yesterday, Tara and I (mostly Tara) chose to make today a light no driving day. We took the bus to Wallace Monument, had breakfast and 246 steps later we were at the top. Heading into Stirling we visited the castle and walked around old town. We chose to try cooking in Clyde for the first time when we came along $1 frozen Pizzas. With groceries in hand we headed back to Clyde via Taxi which was cheaper than the bus fare. An afternoon filled with napping, scrap booking, Tv watching, great views equalled relaxation. That evening we cooked in Clyde, and all went well. $1 pizza were very good :) I (Liam) took up the blog as Tara was busy scrap booking, cleaning and general amazing wife stuff.