Reflections from Scotland
Enjoying the dramatic scenery of Scotland Less than a week after our long bus ride to the rainforest, driving over a landslip and through dangerous countryside where the FCO advises you don't travel due to the drug cartels that operate there, and we were missing it... Driving over a landslip, seeing where the previous road had collapsed, didn't fill us with confidence We were en route to Scotland for the last week of our four month career break. We'd been travelling for days - our first flight ended up being delayed by 24 hours, which is a little frustrating after getting up pre-dawn. The resultant delay meant we had flights on the next two consecutive nights; albeit with a pleasant interlude in Houston. A train to Evesham followed our arrival at Heathrow, to pick up Pandy (our Fiat Panda) from my parents, and then a drive to Derby to collect our stuff for Scotland. After finally getting to Derby, Pandy's hand brake cable snapped... cue check...