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Sep 16th, 2015

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Bute

We went to Bute today and I loved it. Rothsay is pretty, quiet and very Victorian. We had a traditional ice cream ‘pokie hat’ from ‘Zaveronis’ (there were at least three Zaveronis selling fish and chips and/or ice cream), then went to see the castle and (of course) the sensational Victorian loos. R refused to […]

Jul 2nd, 2015

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Waverley

My parents have been visiting for a few days, and we went on a couple of trips. On Thursday we went out on the Waverley (for those that don’t know, the world’s last ocean going paddle steamer and somewhat of a Scottish institution). This time she was bound out from Greenock, round by Dunoon (where […]