Scotland 2011 - Day 10: Loch Lomond to Edinburgh

Taking Daisy Home

We left Loch Lomond and headed via Glasgow to Ettrickbridge. Sadly, it was time to give Daisy back. We were sad to see her go...

We headed down the M74 from Glasgow to Moffat, where we stopped for a light lunch. Moffat is a funny old village. It is quaint in a way but doesn't really deliver. We did, however, find an orange Aero bar. Result!

From Moffat we drove in the direction of Selkirk to Ettrickbridge. The road was windy and narrow and simply delightful to drive on. We passed all kids of lovely houses and quaint buildings but they all seemed to be in the middle of nowhere. One village was a town hall and 2 houses! The sun shone as if to give us one last lovely ride in Daisy before we gave her back.

We rented her using the following website: http://www.classic-camper-holidays.co.uk/

It is run by two really cool people - retro to go!

We got to them a bit early for our taxi back to Edinburgh so we were invited in for tea and scones. Verity bakes a mean scone.

And so, our time in the retro camper was over. It was something I have always wanted to do and was a great experience from start to finish!

We got to Edinburgh around dinner time. Our flat was small but perfectly formed.

It is called the Storytelling Apartment...click here to check it out:

http://www.scottish-holiday-retreats.com/

We were right on the Royal Mile and so needed no car from this point on. It is almost a relief...like shedding responsibility, lifting weight off of our shoulders. We knew we wanted to eat Indian food so flipped through the recommendations of the flat owner as the kids settled in. We decided on Suruchi. Click here to check it out:

http://www.suruchirestaurant.com/

It was delicious. The only disappointing thing were the sauces for the poppadoms...they were almost there, but not quite. Josh had an amazing starter (shrimp) and we all enjoyed our meals, except Isla who claimed everything was spicy. The only thing she ate was the half a cucmber that was infusing our water. The waiter nearly died when she reached in to the water jug, fished out the long cucumber and happily crunched away!

The other thing Isla will not do is shower.