THE RAIN IS UPON US, WRAPPING UP 1800 MILES OF DRIVING - Day 19 - October 19, 2023
The road from Pitlochry down to Kirknewton is mostly wide high speed highway. All we could really see during our drive was the spray flying up from the ever increasing traffic ahead of us.
There was a high wind and rain advisory in effect and all the usual speed limits were reduced by 10-20mph as a result. When we got to the modern Queensferry Bridge, crossing The Firth of Forth near Edinburgh, all we could see was the faint outline of the bright white-painted suspension cables rising into the rain and clouds above us.
Our home for the next two nights is the Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club, just outside Edinburgh. It features a world class golf course (in 1992, the European women’s team defeated the U.S. team in the Solheim Cup here) and a nice hotel.
The weather won’t let us golf, but we’ll find a way to survive tonight’s stormy weather.
We turned in our rental car today, and we’ll use public transit from now on. We drove over 1100 miles in Ireland, and nearly 700 in Scotland - all on the ‘wrong’ side of some of the most picturesque roads we’ve ever seen. It will feel a little strange hopping behind the wheel of my own car after three weeks of reprogramming my reflexes.
Despite tomorrow’s forecast for more rain, we bought some ‘hop-on-hop-off’ bus tickets for a trip into the city.
NEXT: Adventure in Edinburgh
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