Scotland Day Two

Day two, here we go. Is it day two though? Maybe. If you count the days my email auto response has been on then yes, it’s day two.

Hello, yes. This is a stream of consciousness from an ADHD brain.

Anyway, whatever day it is, it’s been a nice one. It started with a long lie in and stayed pretty chilled throughout.

Since Mark and I are staying in the only bedroom without an ensuite bathroom, we have to go wandering around the property trying to decide which room we want to wash in. Today I chose the closest bathroom to our room, which is halfway up one of the two sets of stairs in this confusing maze. It’s the only bathroom without privacy glass or a lock, so it comes with a sense of dread that you’re about to accidentally flash your partner’s family at any moment. Thankfully nobody walked in on me, nor past the window outside while I was in there, but I think I’ll use a different bathroom next time.

We didn’t do much at all this morning, except for wandering around outside the house and seeing which doors we could open. We found some cows and said hello, then found two basketballs of different sizes which we failed to get into the hoop lots of times.

In the afternoon we joined Mark’s family on their trip to Hawick, which is roughly 30 minutes drive away from here. They were just going to Sainsbury’s for some shopping, but I wanted to nosey at the DVDs in a charity shop and see if there was anything I’d want to watch. They were offering 5 for the bargain price of £1, so we picked 10 films and then narrowed it down to 5. I also found a cool shirt for £4 in the same shop, so I left feeling pretty good.

On the drive back, Mark’s brother decided to stop in the middle of the road to look at piglets, which I was very happy to do. Nobody passed us for the five minutes we were stopped either, so we saw them running around very happily for a while.

We also stopped at an old train station that’s being slowly restored by volunteers. Mark’s family stayed in the car, but Mark and I wandered down and chatted to the guys who are trying to restore the line and a few trains in the hopes of reconnecting the area to Edinburgh. It was really cool to learn about it from the people we spoke to.

The rest of the day continued in a relaxed fashion, with another brief look at the cows, a nice sit in the pagoda in the garden, watching bunnies hopping around the grass, then some music and dinner in the conservatory. I’m hoping to do even less tomorrow too. It won’t make for a very interesting post, but it’ll be lovely for me.