The Yanks are over here (Europe), drinking our beer, now that it’s about a dollar a pint. Boak and Bailey noted the loud Americans in old Nuremberg, and in Loch Lomondshire (not a real county, just one made up by CAMRA for tourists) Arrochar’s Village Inn was packed with them back in August as I… Continue reading AMERICANS v GEORDIES IN ARROCHAR
Tag: Loch Lomond
KILLIN IN THE NAME OF…
Not for the first time, Duncan Mackay got there first. But where his marvellous post on Killin riffs on the Fugees Roberta, I looked to a slightly edgier classic. As Duncan writes, Killin is beautifully situated for ticks across Lomond & the Trossachs and a couple of outliers on Tayside, though as regular readers will… Continue reading KILLIN IN THE NAME OF…
WOMEN MANSPLAINING “CHEEBATTA” IN ABERFOYLE
I always thought Aberfoyle (pop. 790) was in Wales, so the August trip to Tick the Lomond/Trossachs chapter was educational as well as triumphant, though I still have no idea who Mr(s) Trossach is/was. These “gateway” villages to the hills are pretty much one long street with a garage, Co-op, two hotels (one with cask)… Continue reading WOMEN MANSPLAINING “CHEEBATTA” IN ABERFOYLE
retiredmartin 