Day 9 - Friday 7th July - Getting to Carbeth House

 Day 9 - Friday 7th July

Getting to Carbeth Hiouse

Weather: Today it was wet but still warm

Although I got to bed at 1:00 am, I was awake at 4:00 am and got up at 4:30 - things on my mind. I made a cup of coffee and got dressed. At about 7:30 I tried to ring Ian - the phone rang through okay but Ian didn't answer so I sent him a text instead. He got back to me later and said he would pick me up at about 9:30 which he did in his nice blue rental Skoda

It was about an hour's drive back to Carbeth House along quite narrow winding roads. We stopped at Killearn to buy some groceries in an amazingly well stocked Co-op. 

We set off again along the narrow winding roads which then became narrow one lane winding roads, and then became a narrow, winding muddy metal track full of potholes and rainwater , but at the end of all that there was Carbeth House and the family - a beautiful sight -

You can just see the Royal Standard flying at the top of the Tower

Our apartment is on the bottom floor. The bay window is our dining room.

Just beside that is the old portico -

There is a big old wooden front door

- which leads into the old hallway

Turn right and there is our apartment door -

The lions at the foot of the stairs were impressive -

When you open our door and turn right you are in the kitchen -

 which leads into the dining room that looks out through the bay window

Turn around and look back -

The door on the right leads to the bathroom -

Carry on and there is my room -

Then if you go back out the front door this is the view -

In the evening we went out for a meal at the local pub "The Old Mill'

... and had a great meal -

Ian noticed that somebody had been "clever" with the inscription at the base