Finally I've found the time to tell you about my little Scottish adventure! I went back to work last week and I'm not yet used to the early mornings so haven't really felt like blogging if I'm honest, hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things soon!
Any way, before last week I'd never been further South in the UK than Lincoln, so the idea of going all the way up to Aberdeen was very exciting! Matt and I got an early morning flight from London and we arrived in Aberdeen around 10am where we spent our first day exploring the city in the pouring rain. We ate out in a cafe that was also a book shop, went to a store that sold tartan everything and ended our fun in a bar that had every flavour of beer that you could think of!
Our week was then filled with walks, spectacular views, delicious food and board games. On day two, which just so happened to be new years eve, we went for a walk around Dunnottar castle, a beautiful castle wreck right on the coast. Although a little cold and wet at times it felt fabulous to be outside in the fresh air and the scenery was breathtaking.
That night we went to the fireball display,
which you can read about here. I also need to add that on our way to the festival, (I guess it was a festival of sorts), we also stopped off at "The Carron", which claims to be the first chippie to serve battered Mars bars! Mm, delicious!
On our last full day before flying home we walked, (or shall I say ran as I was trying to keep up with Matt), up Bennachie mountain! About three quarters of the way up, I think it took about an hour to get to the top in the end, I was pretty sure I was going to die as I couldn't breathe. But alas, I made it and got to enjoy the beautiful view and burn some of the battered Mars bar off to!
This year I celebrated new year's eve in Aberdeen where i witnessed the "Stonehaven Fireballs", a tradition that has locals swinging homemade balls of fire around their heads whilst walking up and down the main high street.... cool huh!? I just thought I'd share a few photos of this unique spectacle with you, curtsey of the lovely Matt Lain, and I've also just remembered that I still haven't set any new years resolutions - better late than never!
I guess my main goal for 2014 is to learn to budget better; I plan to move into a lovely one bed flat towards the end of the year and that sure as hell isn't going to happen if I'm still in my student overdraft! I'd also like to progress in my career, eat more healthily and of course, improve this blog so that you guys can get even more enjoyment out of reading it! There are many other things that I'd like to do this year, but the list is far too long to bore you with so I'll leave you with these three very achievable resolutions before I get carried away!
