Although the forecast was for rain today, the weather has been gorgeous - a perfect summer's day with beautiful blue skies and an array of fluffy white clouds to add interest to the view.
We had a busy morning as after we dropped Sophie off at work we had to go to Booker. I am definitely doing an online order on Monday! From work Keith and I drove straight to the village of Wadenhoe as we fancied a drink there and we also needed to sit and talk about our forthcoming trip to Scotland.
As the pub sits right on the river it was beginning to get busy with people arriving for Sunday lunch. We sat at the bar and had a look at the atlas, trying to decide where was the best place to stop on the way to our B&B in Strontian, on the Ardmurchan peninusla.
I do love planning holidays and it was great to sit and chat about what we were going to do over a couple of drinks. The pub became busier and busier but the staff coped very well with the sudden rush, even turning away a party of people who hadn't thought to book a table!
We left at 2pm, went home and prepared the veggies for dinner before having lunch. I ate mine in the garden watched by a couple of birds who were pecking around on the ground looking for crumbs. It felt very hot and the sky was a gorgeous shade of blue. Perfect!
I picked Sophie up from work at 4pm and then we went home to try and book two hotels - one for on the journey up, near Glasgow and one for Skye as I thought it would be a good idea to spend the weekend after our boat trip on the island that we have loved for years. Sophie has never been to Skye and we wanted to show her around the island and where we used to stay.
After a good look we booked a chalet at a country club in the town of Bishopton near Glasgow. It has two bedrooms so that will be a treat for Sophie! We also researched pubs in the area and saw a potentially good one in Port Glasgow that serves fajitas!
We had much more of a problem finding somewhere to stay in Scotland over the weekend. There were no hotels available on Skye at all so we widened our search to the Highlands in general but there were no family rooms and booking a double and a single room proved very expensive indeed! Some places were quoting £300-£700 for one night!
We kept on looking, searching further and further away from Skye until we realised that there were no places available in our budget range. I suggested we visit Skye on Friday the 7 August and spend all day there and then travel down to the Lake District on Saturday and spend the weekend exploring as Sophie has never been to this beautiful part of the country either.
To our amusement we found a lovely South American themed B&B in Penrith called The Llama's Pajamas and as it had excellent reviews, we booked a family room with breakfast! No doubt Sophie will be out with the llamas and will want to bring one home to keep in the garden!
We all felt a little more excited after all the planning and I just hope that by the time the holiday comes I will be a free agent!
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