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I return!

What a weekend. I really do feel very happy at the moment and it's pretty much all this young ladies fault.



So yeah, Sarah and I have been together for just over a month now, 'bout a month and a half I guess. The thing is, we've known each other for over 10 years. We went to school together and she is one of 2 people I really kept in touch with on a regular basis. Weird how things work out, but I'm glad they have worked out this way in the end

Anyway, with the long Easter weekend coming up, Sarah thought it would be good to get away just her and I. I quickly agreed and after a while of thinking we decided to go up north to Inverness. We got a good deal for 2 nights bed and breakfast at the Thistle Hotel about a mile away from the city centre. So off we went





So after a 4 or so hour drive, dodging those fuckers (I fucking hate caravans), driving through wind and snow, some sunny patches and periods of rest to stretch my legs, we made it to the hotel. We pretty much crashed out, I fell asleep straight away, knackered from the drive and we pretty much decided to stay in and order from the room service menu, which was actually very nice.

Next morning, all refreshed, we went down for breakfast, which was great aswell. They had haggis! Awesome for breakfast I must say. I think Sarah would have been happier with more fruit, but she seemed to enjoy it.

After breakfast, we pretty much sat down to decide what to do that day. We decided to go up north a wee bit to the Black Isle Brewery.



I was suprised how small it was. This place makes all the beers they produce, up to 10,000 bottles a week. That's crazy. We got a cool little tour, got to taste some beer, which I then bought 8 bottles of Good times.

After that was my favourite part of the weekend.

Urquhart Castle.



I had been here before, years ago with my Dad when we went on our "Scottish Tour". I love this place. It sits on the shores of Loch Ness. Gorgeous location and the Castle some some very rich history (See the link above)








My new mate...

I was happy to see that the Trebuchet was still there, albeit in a poor state since the last time I saw it. When it was new, they used to do displays, but now it seems to have been left to the weather...










BALLS!!

After the castle we went into the local town of Drumnadrochit, where we had some lunch (I had haggis and ale!) then treated ourselves to some frozen deserts


Sarah enjoying her odd combo of Whiskey and Strawberries & Cream (Insert obvious phallus joke here )

THEN! Yeah, we keep on going...

Then we went to the Loch Ness Exibition which was all about the myth and legend of the monster, going through the scientific evidence for and against the creature. Pretty interesting, although I reckon I saw it numerous times as I shouted "NESSIE!" while driving to/from Drumnadrochit, much to Sarahs distaste...

We pretty much crashed at the hotel again after that. It was a good long day full of freash air, meaning we missed dinner. Next morning was another mighty breakfast (more fruit for Sarah this time) and then the long drive home...

Awesome, awesome weekend. I really enjoy spending time with her... Sarah has loads more pics, which I'll be sure to nick and show you guys.

Anyway! In other news, all is well. I won the Transformers Group Logo competition, which won me a little Starscream However, seeing the P&P was stupid, I let them keep it. I'm just chuffed I won. (To be honest, I didn't read the whole thread, I just made a logo for the LOLZ and won... )

Still no pics of the new tattoo. You can kind of see it in the pic of me driving, but I'm going to wait till it's properly finished before I show you guys.

Anyway, hope your all well and that you got plenty of chocolate over easter...
I'll leave you with some more pics from the weekend. As mentioned, I promise to post some more when I get them.

Peace out!!







Oh yeah, the bed in the hotel was awesome. Apart from the wooden head board, that was shit...