Scotland - July 2019

Thursday, July 4

• Take UP Express to Pearson Airport
• Fly Air Transit 182 from Toronto to Glasgow 

Friday, July 5

• Arrive in Glasgow at 10 a.m.
• Take shuttle to Normandy Hotel  (Near Glasgow Airport)
• Bought Day Pass for McGill's: £4.50
• Take 23 bus downtown, transfer to the number 2 bus
• Visited Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
• Christ of St. John of the Cross by Salvador Dali, 1951
• Vetheuil by Claude Monet, 1880
• View of Ventimiglia by Cluade Monet, 1884
• Took Subway to Govan station: £1.75
• Ate at Krispy Kreme Braehead
• Reese's Peanut Butter Doughnut £2.20
• Slept at Normandy Hotel (Near Glasgow Airport)

Saturday, July 6

• Ate breakfast at Normandy Hotel (£21.90)
• Pick up Rental Car at Glasgow Airport: £1,036.62
• Drive to Musselburgh (Allow an hour from the Glasgow Airport)
• Visited  The Edinburgh Dungeon, 31 Market Street Edinburgh EH1 1DF:£12
• Visited Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, Edinburgh EH2 2EL
• Shopped at Gift Shop
• Bought NGS Companion Guide: £12.95
• Hangout with Margo in Musselburgh
• Sleep at Margo's home

Sunday, July 7

• Ate breakfast at Margo's home
• Toured the Redan Hole (#15) at North Berwick Golf Club
• Ate lunch at Anstruther Fish Bar, 42 - 44 Shore St, Anstruther KY10 3AQ
• Shopped at 18th Green Shop
• Bought Scorecard: 50p
• Bought Old Course Guide: £4.00
• Walked the Old Course
• Shopped at The Open Store
• Bought Polo: £75
• Shopped at The Old Course Shop
• Bought Polo: £70
• Ate supper at Lounge Bar at Dunvegan Hotel (£57.10)
• Slept in St. Andrews

Monday, July 8

• Ate breakfast at the Cottage Kitchen in St. Andrews
• Visited the St. Andrews Cathedral
• Drove to Marjory Miller's home in Dundee 
• Ate lunch at Strathmore Arms, Glamis
• Visited Glamis Castle 
• Toured the grounds with Marjory as our guide
• Took the 50-minute castle tour
• Enjoyed the Macbeth Trail through the Pinetum
• Shopped at Glamis Castle
• Pocket Scottish History: £5.99
• Glamis Handbook: £10
• Visited Glamis Station
• Visited Miller family grave
• Ate supper at Nando's, Dundee (£13.90)
• Half Chicken
• Peri Chips
• Macho Peas
• Fanta
• Slept in Dundee

Tuesday, July 9

• Ate breakfast at Claire's Airbnb in Dundee
• Visited the graveyard in Auchterarder 
• Visited the Auchterarder Golf Club
• Visited Gleneagles
• Ate lunch at ...
• On to Inverness (Allow 3 hours Auchterarder)
• Visited Culloden 
• Spent three full hours
• Shopped at Culloden Gift Shop
• Guidebook Culloden: £5.00
• Culloden (May): £2.99
• Visited Clava Cairns
• Spent a half hour
• Ate supper at MacGregor's, Inverness
• Haggis, Neeps and Tatties Pies
• Chips
• Pint
• Sleep at 26 Culloden Park, Culloden Inverness IV2 7AY - two rooms

Wednesday, July 10

• Ate breakfast at Comfort Foods Cafe in Inverness
• Full Scottish Breakfast
• Tea
• Visited Groam House Museum: £3
• Allow half hour at most
• Shopped at Groam House Museum
• Sacred Scotland: £16.99
• Wee Guide to Picts: £3.95
• Visited Glenmorangie Distillery
• Took the Signet Tour: £35
• Bought 19 Year Old Glenmorangie: £109.99
• Visited Royal Dornach Golf Club
• Ate supper at Phoenix Ale House
• Refused service at MacGregor's
• Sleep at 26 Culloden Park, Culloden Inverness IV2 7AY - two rooms

Thursday, July 11

• Ate breakfast at Brewers Fayre Inshes Gate, Beechwood Park, Inverness, IV2 3BW
• Visited Highland Folk Museum in Newtornmore
• Spent 3.5 hours
• Learned a lot about 18th century life in Scotland
• Eat at Ledgowan Lodge in Achnasheen: £44.85 total
• Sleep at Achnasheen Gillie's Rest (An hour west of Inverness)

Friday, July 12

• Ate breakfast in our AirBnb
• Drove to Carbost
• Ate lunch at The Old Inn, Carbost
• Steak and Ale Pie: £12
• Northern Light Ale: £3.90
• Attended Masterclass at Talisker Distillery 
• Shopped at Talisker Distillery
• Bought Talisker Storm: £40
• Ate at Oyster Shed
• Three oysters for £4.50
• Ate supper at The Old Inn
• Smoked salmon
• Haggis Strudel
• Red McGregor
• Sleep at 8 Carbostmore, Carbost, Scotland IV47 8ST

Saturday, July 13

• Ate breakfast in our AirBnb
• Visited Dunvegan Castle and Gardens, MacLeod Estate, Dunvegan House, Dunvegan, Isle of Skye IV55 8WF
• Castle and Gardens: £14
• Really enjoyed the gardens
• I want a walled garden
• The castle was not that impressive
• Seal Tour: £9
• VERY COOL
• Three hours to see everything
• Ate lunch and MacLeod Cafe
• Cottage Pie
• Tea
• Explored Iron Age Souterrain
• Visited Flora MacDonald's grave in Kilmuir Cemetery
• Visited Skye Museum of Island Life, Kilmuir 
• Spent a couple of hours
• Visited Duntulm Castle, Isle of Skye, Duntulm, Portree IV51 9UF
• Cannot enter due to Health and Safety
• Ate supper at A Taste of India, Armadale House, Bank St, Portree IV51 9DA
• Sleep at 8 Carbostmore, Carbost, Scotland IV47 8ST

Sunday, July 14

• Drove to Fort William (Allow two and a half hours from Carboost)
• Ate The Grog and Gruel, 66 High Street, Fort William PH33 6AD
• Salmon Sandwich: £7.25
• Cask Ale: £3.50
• Bought tankard for Uncle Michael: £18.95
• Visited Highland Book Store
• Drove to Oban
• Visited McCaig's Tower
• Visited Oban Distillery
• Visited W.H. Smith and Waterstones
• Ate supper at The Islay Frigate Hotel, Tarbert
• Slept in Bluebell BandB in Whitehouse

Monday, July 15

• Ate breakfast at Bluebell B and B in Whitehouse
• Took Kennacraig Ferry To Port Askaig
• Booking Reference Number: WU15313
• Ate lunch at Port Charlotte Hotel
• Ham, Cheese and Chips
• Real Ale
• 2:00 p.m.: Botanist Experience at Bruichladdich Distillery  (£25 and Two Hours)
• Found Standing Stone
• Ate supper at Lochside Hotel
• Sea Bass and Scallops
• Islay Ales Lager
• Bowmore Tempest IV
• Slept at Lambeth Guest House, Bowmore

Tuesday, July 16

• Ate breakfast at Lambeth Guest House in Bowmore
• Shopped at Morrison Bowmore Distillery
• Bought Copper Pitcher: #16
• Bought Eye Dropper: #2
• Shopped at Islay Woollen Mills
• Hat: £39
• Ate lunch at Labels in Ballygrant 
• Visited a CLOSED Caol Ila
• Visited Finlaggan Trust
• Bought Islay, Jura and Colonsay by David Caldwell: £9.99
• Bought Somerled: Hammer of the Norse by Kathleen MacPhee: £10
• Took The Spirit of Ardnahoe Tour at Ardnahoe Distillery (£10)
• Caol Ila Cask Strength: £60
• Islay Journey: £35
• Took the End of Day Tour at Bunnahabhain Distillery  (£10) 
• Bought Malt Whisky Yearbook 2019: £13.95
• Ate supper at Lochside Hotel
• Slept at Lambeth Guest House, Bowmore

Wednesday, July 17

• Ate breakfast at Lambeth Guest House in Bowmore
• Took Lamb Taxi to Ardbeg
• Took the Ardbeg Full Range Tour and Tasting at Ardbeg Distillery (£25)
• At lunch at the Old Kiln Café at Ardbeg 
• Took the Experience Tour at Laphroaig Distillery
• Took the Taste of Friendship at Laphroaig Distillery
• Bought Laphroaig Lure: £58.50
• Ate supper at the Islay Hotel
• Took taxi to Bowmore
• Looked for a stone circle
• Slept at 11 Main Street, Port Charlotte

Thursday, July 18

• Ate breakfast at 11 Main Street, Port Charlotte
• Took Classic Tour at Kilchoman Distillery (£10)
• Took Time Savoured Tasting at Bowmore Distillery (£30)
• Ate lunch at Peatzeria 
• Chicken and Haggis Pizza
• Sparkling Water
• Visited the Machrie Hotel and Golf Links
• Tried to visit American Monument
• Checked in for Port Ellen Ferry
• Took M.V. Finlaggan ferry to Kennacraig
• Ate supper on ferry: £13.24
• Beef Lasagna: £8.99
• Loch Fyne Vital Spark: £4.25
• Slept in Whitehouse

Friday, July 19

• Ate breakfast at Bluebell BandB in Whitehouse  
• Bought gas
• Took Claonaig ferry to Lochranza
• Visited Lochranza Castle
• Took The Standard Distillery Tour at Lochraza Distillery, Lochranza, Isle of Arran KA27 8HJ (£20 for two)
• Ate lunch at Casks Cafe
• Vension Burger
• Water
• Took Distillery Tour at Lagg Distillery, Kilmory, Isle of Arran KA27 8PG (£20 for two)
• Bought Quarter Cask: £44.99 
• Ate supper at Golf Club in Brodick
• Took ferry from Brodick to Ardrossan
• Sleep in Ayr

Saturday, July 20

• Ate breakfast at The Balgarth Pines Bar & Restaurant, 8 Dunure Rd, Ayr KA7 4HR
• Light Breakfast
• Visted Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Murdoch's Lone, Alloway, Ayr
• Shopped at Gft Shop
• Bought Wee Guide to Robert Burns: £3.95
• Visited Burns Cottage
• Ate lunch at The West Kirk, Ayr 
• Breaded Whitby Scampi
• Abbey Ale
• Visited Culzean Castle, Maybole KA19 8LE
• Ate supper at Macfarlanes
• Lasagna 
• Chile Red
• Sleep in Ayr

Sunday, July 21

• Ate breakfast at The Fox & Willow, 46 Carrick Rd, Ayr KA7 2RE
• Bought gas at BP at Glasgow Airport 
• Returned car to Europcar
• Shopped at World Duty Free, Glasgow Main
• Bought Bowmore 18: £69.47
• Flew Air Transit TS 525 Glasgow to Toronto
• Took Up Express to Union Station
• Ate supper at Mill Street Union Station: $47.46 + tip