The proprietress of Strathyre's Rosebank House , Mal Dingle is driving. Her sister, my friend, Iona is in the passenger's seat.We are talking about how there is very little professional tango dancing in London. Iona dances tango professionally and has difficulty finding European men who can keep up with her!
I'm in the back seat eating seasoned peanuts and copious amounts of fruit. If there is such a thing as a vegan garbage disposal, I'm probably it.
In the U.K., people drive on the opposite side of the road than Americans do. It means fewer accidents, although one waits much longer at traffic lights.
They also drive crazy fast on narrow roads here. That's what they get for translating everything into metrics!
At low tide in Oban, Scotland, the gulls frenzy picking at dulce and washed up sealife along the schist banks.
You can see McCaig's Tower at the top of the hill.
The hike up was steep but brief. Only about 15 minutes from the seaside.
McCaig built the tower to honor his family and employ Oban's stone masons during the winter months. The estates of both John McCaig and his widow were famously contested, leaving the tower we see today without its planned museum and sculpture garden.
From Oban, people ferry off to the islands of Mull and Lismore in the distance.
Iona is enjoying some oysters and crab here. Yes, they were excruciatingly fresh. I made contact with those-who-were-about-to-die in their baskets at the fish stand. Poor little guys!
In the U.S., salt water taffy is the ubiquitous seaside sweet. In Scotland, sugar mice fill that role.Invented in Crieff by Gordon and Durward in 1954, sugar mice are especially popular at Christmas.
Tradition is that their tails should be made of string and not licorice, though the ones I saw didn't have tails at all.
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