Monday, July 15, 2013
St.
Andrew's Castle was not really on my list of things to do, however, it was
right down the road from the cathedral and only made sense that we stopped in
there. There was nothing excessively
exciting about it except for its prison.
It must have really sucked ass to be someone’s prisoner in these
castles. It seems like it would live up
to the movie hype – cold, dark, damp, isolated, dirty. Prisoners today have it made!
He
had of course taken a dump in the castle, so we got back to the car changed him
and I ate lunch in the car. If I
remember correctly, the two of them had already eaten. Jess gave him a small bag with some chips in
it and after a few minutes, I hear rustling and put the camera back there to
confirm my suspicions:
We’re
still picking those chips out of his car seat.
We
got back to the WeeBothy and he took a nap in his crib while we hung out. By hang out, went on the internet, I blogged
and she found a bunch of maps that we needed for directions.
Jess was only allowed to sit in one spot:
After
he got up, we hung out on the property with the owners and the animals. He had an awesome time watching the little
dog torment the guinea pigs, he and the two dogs caused havoc in the yard when
Baxter pulled out the plastic basket with all the clothespins, dumped them out
and started using it to retrieve.
Thankfully the owners were very cool because he decided to throw the
clothespins in the pond.
We
went into one of the near towns to get fish and chips for dinner. I got the haddock and chips and we got some
chips and onion rings for Jess and Sir Shits Alot. I had been fiending for a coke for some
time. Jess and the baby wen to the
grocery store while I waited for the food.
When the food was ready, we were all getting in the car and I was
sitting in the back to feed him some chips since it was a little late. Forgetting
where I put the coke, I started to close the door to the bar and POP –
something flies off the roof, hits the ground and explodes. All I wanted was some coke. I haven’t had it in quite sme time. The shit shoots all over the car, the inside
and outside and on these two people walking to get dinner (they were dressed
somewhat nicely too). I felt bad.
We
sat outside and enjoyed our dinner. The
bugs were almost non-existent. After
dinner, we decided to take a stroll and found two geocaches, one was less than
500 ft from the place. Apparently, at
this spot, the British had set up a line of defenses against possible Germany
invasion during WWII. You could see the
pill boxes. Our host Alan explained the
defenses further to me the next day.
This is why we try to stay in places like this – you meet people who
know local stuff (even though he is not a local) as well as get to meet people
with different perspectives and experiences, it’s how you grow. We gave the boy a bath and then got him off
to bed.
Things
we forgot about:
The
showers in Europe are generally fucking terrible. I have to say that in the UK, they generally
have not been a problem. We’ve not had
the greatest experiences with them, especially the push button variety. They turn off after 20 or 30 seconds, the
temperature goes from hot, to ice cold, to scalding to tepid and there is not
rhyme or reason to them. I have to say,
I am quite please with the first two places we stayed in – normal showers, good
pressure and maintenance of temperature.
I suppose scalding people is a good way to conserve water but in the end
it really sucks. We could probably take
a lesson in living more simply from the Europeans. We are definitely spoiled and even for the
small amount of time we have spent in Europe (probably somewhere between 4 and
5 months total) we have experienced a greener more resource conscious lifestyle
than we are used to. It makes you think.
One
thing I am not giving up are nice hot showers with good pressure!
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