After a massive commute on the train, which I spent the majority looking out the window, we arrived to my gorgeous god mother and an amazing home cooked meal. Dunblane is an hours north of Edinburgh and is stunning! My god mother lives on 260 acres called Glassinghall, with a number of different little cottages. Erica, Ben and Jack live a 5 minute walk down the drive while Grannyma is 5 minutes in the other direction.
After sleeping in till 10am, we wandered down the drive to visit Erica, Ben and Jack, we were stoked that Jack took to us straight away and was happy for cuddles and love! Made it easier being away from all the little kiddies we are missing. After a delicious meal of cold meats, french cheese and fresh bread we went for a walk around the farm. After a huge storm a few years ago, quite a few trees were brought down around the property. We hope we can go back after our travels and help Jane ( and Eric the Scottish Farm keep) clean up the area.
It was nice to be helpful on the farm, from helping Grannyma put her net over her veggie garden to picking up branches on with the quad bike, were happy to be used. Glassinghall is the most amazing estate, it was so lovely cooking and sitting by a fire each night with such great company. We got to visit Stirling, where we stocked up on winter woolies as we under estimated the cold in Scotland! Sal's jumpers and ugg boots were a god sent!
Sal came down from London on our last night, so we met her in Edinburgh after we'd explored all day. We spent a few hours in Edinburgh Castle which was incredible, it made us thing of Game of Thrones (which we haven't watched since Australia…). Edinburgh is a beautiful city, the cobblestones and streets are magnificent. We're thinking of coming back to work at the Edinburgh Festival in August, but will see what happens.
We met Sal on the train and didn't draw breathe until we fell into bed that night. Sal is hoping to get Alex and I work in Courchevel in the French Alps for the winter season. We would be working in a Chalet from November to April, me as the cook and Alex as a host or the maintenance man. You work in the mornings and night time and spend the day on the ski fields. With Sal, Erica, Ben and Soph I"m in good hands to be able to learn how to ski! We can't wait :)
The next day we had to jump back on the train, we tried to stay longer but couldn't get a cheap train home, so with sad hearts we said good bye to Jane and Sal, but it was nice to say see you soon and actually mean it.
Scotland we will be back!
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