Guess What?

Yep it's true, AHHHHHHH!

(we are happy just surprised)

Tried to call you guys but sorry this was the best way to contact you, Love you!

Our Holiday!

Hi all,

Sorry for the lack of contact recently, life has been busy and we have just come back from a short trip round the west of Scotland. It was very nice to just get away and spend some quality time together relaxing, as we both really needed a break.

Here is a quick recap of what we got up to:

Thursday : We left early to go via Oban to our cottage in Glencoe that we had booked. The weather was nice until we hit the west coast, where it always rains.. I mean always. That was the start of our wet trip, but as you learn to do in Scotland, we made the best of it anyway.

Oban Bay

Next we continued on to our cottage and stopped at the Scottish Sealife Centre - yes that is how we spell center here 8-) Where we met a friendly little Otter.

Then finally we arrived at our cottage home for the next 3 nights.

Friday: We travelled up to Skye as once again it was raining and so we wanted to try and leave any outdoor stuff in the vain hope that it may not rain on Satuday (yeah right). So after what seemed an eternity, taking over an hour to travel the last 30 miles on some interesting roads at times, we arrived in Skye. It was windy and rainy so sadly there are not many pictures here, but it was still an adventure.

Aaahhhh we are all going to die (nice fillings!!)


The Loch enroute that looks like the map of Scotland. (Please note there was a picture of me mooning Megan at the loch but I have decided to spare you that disturbing sight).

Saturday: The weather did not improve, so we just had to accept that we were going to get wet when we went on our trip to Glenfinnan and Mallaig.

Glenfinnan is famous for its great view over its memorial statue:

The other reason it is famous of course is the view the other way, which all you wizard fans may recognise!?

This being the route that Harry Potter and friends take to school on the Hogwarts Express.

We then continued on to Mallaig, which was done on some of the scariest roads we have ever seen, with major roadworks meaning half the time you felt you were driving on the Moon.

Now I know that you are all thinking where are the pictures of Megan, was he really on holiday himself. The truth is that Megan as usual likes to hide behind the camera, but I did manage one pic of her that shows her true side I think.

Can you see the resemblance!!

But really to prove she was there:

Oh goody another roundabout.. yip we are still all going to die!!!

Anyway we then headed for home on Sunday, relaxed but as usual wishing that we could have had more time off to enjoy ourselves.

So off we went homeward bound throught the glens again:

Arriving back after a very good trip, tired (Megan went like 2 days without a nap and was wonderful with all her driving, although I claim to have shared the driving responsibilities as I held the wheel for at least 4 seconds before pleading her to take it back heh heh).

As we said goodnight to our highland hosts for the last time.

We wanted to show you more great pics of our trip, but there simply is not enough time or room on this blog.

Best wishes to all, keep in touch. Love us XxX

The Sun has got his hat on!!!

Hip hip hip hooray for once it is sunny here today.... Hi all it is Paul here, as Megan is being even more of an amazing wife today and is cleaning (she is my hero as I am just useless when it comes to cleaning, well unless guy clean counts!).
I am feeling slightly under the weather today, a cross between the good old man flu and being caught in a cloud of dust (Megan is either cleaning really fast like Superwoman or maybe it is just that she is not my hero all that often heh heh!).
Either way it means that on these rare occasions that the sun makes a brief appearance in our otherwise wet exisitance, it makes me feel even more alive... even thought every breath is so hard to take when your ill.... sorry that will be that man flu coming out again.

This week in our lives here in Scotland has been fairly uneventful, although my Dad was finally given a followup to his operation done ages ago (the NHS may be free here, but aftercare is not really a priority seemingly). The good news was that they found out that he looks to be recovering well, although in finding this out it means his main issue is that he is occasionally just a grumpy old man (you know it is true Mum and Dad if you are reading this).

Megan and I have been working flat out at the moment, which makes it seem like we do not see much of each other apart from weekends. This is when we like to spend time together, well I say together as Megan spends more time in bed than with me usually. I do not know how anyone can sleep that long, it is like she is in a coma! In fact I have just realised that she may well be the real life Sleeping Beauty, although with less dwarfs of course and also she wishes that she could get birds and other animals to clean for her.

Other than that we seem to be gaining a second cat, as the family that used to own the house were moving to Australia and so gave their cat to the neighbours a few doors up. This means that the poor cat is really confused as it keeps coming back to our house, much to Veto's disgust.
This cat is so cute, however is the loudest cat I have ever heard. We can hear it meow from our bedroom upstairs with the window closed.

Well that is us for this week, I guess I have to go to Ikea now as Megan wants to go and buy a spotangsuhdkdudkdu I think... yet another flat pack mystery as far as I am concerned. Megan does the DIY... come to me and I will bake you a cake or make you look pretty. What I am in touch with my feminine side is that wrong heh heh!?

Lots of love from both of us and of course wish Matt all the best on his birthday this week, the big 30 eh.... I am not too far off that myself as Megan takes great pleasure in reminding me! Anyway we hope you have a great day, did you get our card yet at all?

Take care love us.
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