Vandrarhemmet i Coldingham Sands var fantastiskt trevlig, vi hade ett rum med utsikt over havet, dar vi sag soluppgangen pa mornarna. Forsta dagen dar akte vi till klostret pa Lindisfarne Island, man kan bara aka ut dit nar det ar lagvatten. Sedan skulle vi titta pa slottet, men det blaste sa kraftigt att mamma inte kunde ta sig upp pa den knaggliga och branta gangvagen upp. Jag gick upp, men kunde knappt ta mig ned igen. Sedan akte vi hem och tog en promenad pa stranden. Till Coldingham Sands skulle jag vilja aka igen, lite langre och bara koppla av.
Sondag skulle vi till New Lanark. Pa vagen dit skulle vi aka soder om Edinburgh, langs ringlede. Helt plotsligt hade vi kort fel och var pa vag rakt in mot centrum/Forth Bridge. Det blev skarrade minnuter innan vi lyckats vanda, och sedan hade vi ingen aning om var vi var. Det var lite pinsamt att stanna och be nagon peka pa kartan var vi befann oss!
Till slut kunde vi fortsatta till New Lanark, ett varldsarv och mkt valbevarat experimentellt samhalle som skapades av Robert Owen under den industriella revolutionen. Det var nog cooperationens vagga, och ett forsok att skapa ett rattvist samhalle dar alla jobbade pa samma stalle, hade tillgang till lakarvard och fick lon nar de var sjuka osv. Alla barn gick i skolla (fast de arbetade ju i fabriken ocksa), och larde sig lasa, skriva, matte, geografi osv. Vandrarhemmet lag mitt i byn (med fin utsikt), men vi hade tid over, sa vi akte ut till vastkusten till ett fint slott, Culzean, som tyvarr var stangt, men parken var fin.
Idag har vi akt pa vadliga vagar, forst pa motorvagar genom Glasgow, vi var bada oroliga att vi skulle kora fel igen och hamna i Edinburgh, men allt gick sa bra sa (mamma fungerade som kombinerad kartlasare och fotograf), och sedan pa vackra vagar norrut via Loch Lomond och Glen Coe till Glen Nevis, nedanfor Ben Nevis, GBs hogsta berg. Jag tog en liten promenad upp i en ravin till ett vattenfall och mamma satt hemma och laste.
BU
Coldingham Sands YHA is a very nice place. We had a room with wonderful views over the ocean, with the sun shining in through our window in the morning. The next day we visited Lindisfarne Island, to see the old priory that was ransacked by the vikings on several occations. We went on to the castel (from the 17th century), but the winds were now so strong that my mother couldn’t make it up the steep path. I went up, but could hardky make it back down again. Then we went back to Coldingham for a stroll on the beach.
Yesterday we left Coldingham Sands, but I really hope to go back there some day. On our we we managed to take a wrong turn and almost ended up in Edinburgh again, there are so many roads here! And cars!! We managed to turn south again and wound up in a little town where we had to ask for directions, since we had no idea of where we were. Just a bit embarrasing!
Our first stop for the day was New Lanark, a very well preserved world heritage site. It is an experimental village created by Robert Owen during the industrial revolution, where everybode worked at the factory, had the same standard of living, the children went to school (after work) where they learned to read and write, maths, geography etc. If they got sick they could see a doctor free of charge, and if they had to stay home they would still get paid. After New Lanark we went to see Culzean Castle on the west coast. The castle was closed, but the beautiful park was open. Then back to the New Lanark YHA, where we stayed the night.
Today we travelled north, first through Glasgow on 5-lane highways, SCARY!!! Since yesterday we were both nervous that we’d make another wrong turn (and end up in Edinburgh, perhaps), but it all went well. My mother read the map and helped me read the road signs, she also took photos. Once we crossed the Erskine Bridge things were ok, though. We then continued on lovely roads past Loch Lomond and Glen Coe, and are now in Glen Nevis YHA. I’ve also had time for a walk up Glen Nevis to the upper falls, a nice walk, but to difficult for my mother.
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