20 Aug to 4 Sept 2023: Scotland
Glasgow We traveled from Belfast to Glasgow via ferry and bus and a train.. it was not a smooth travel day (I drove alone to return the rental car and came back to town on a bus, I tried three unstaffed gas stations all of which did take my credit cards; I finally found one, phew. I returned the 'wee' car, found the bus, but had to rush back to get a water bottle in the back seat; I made it to town. Meanwhile, Scott and the kids closed up the Airbnb, the bus they intended to take was on a very infrequent Sunday schedule, so they trekked the 45 minutes to the train station. I arrived before them to find that the 'ferry-train' tickets I had bought actually meant there is no train from town to the Port, the passengers make their own way there. Booooo!! Two taxi rides later (5 people are hard to fit in cabs) we made it to the ferry. Boo. Only silver lining is that Alex and I waited for the second cab which turned our to be a traditional British Black cab, Al...