Day 2 – John O Groats to Glasgow

Today was the designated travelling day; and travel we certainly did. From JoG back to Glasgow, there was barely enough time for us to grab our grub, grub being a good trip to the breakfast table, loading up on 5 varieties of cornflake, enough rounds of cooked breakfast to give us a particularly nasty form [...]

Day 1 – John O’Groats

Arrival in Wick was 1 hour ahead of our biological clocks. None of us had noted that daylights saving time was to begin the night before; none of us had bothered to reset our watches, and the totally inebriated staff at the Inverness Student Hostel were certainly in no timekeeping mood. Fortunately, as is always [...]

End to End – Day 1 – Inverness

Departing Newcastle Bus Station for Inverness, all the signs told us that something was BOUND to go wrong. After our farewell meal at Lau Buffet, strolling to the bus station, I realised I had forgotten to take Gan’s booking number along. A few frantic calls to Doreen, safely ensconced in her flat, safe from the [...]