Scots Trip Pt Four

Alrighty, so we last left our intrepid adventurers on the banks of Loch Ness...

We'd already paid for a cruise on loch ness and so, after consuming a few £1 specials at the bar, we wandered down and jumped onboard. The cruise was run by a 'marine biologist' and had I been more sober (or more drunk) I may have questioned that a little more. And it was also an occasion that a physics guru would have been handy.

It's a very pretty lake, but the highlight was the equipment downstairs - two screens, one mapping the layout of the lake (so effectively showing it as if there was no water in it) and the other showing objects directly below the boat. He says that the first was a live feed but I sorely disputed that point, particularly after I saw them select their route, feed it into the program and then let the program run... but I was a little preoccupied with my Scrumpy Jack.

Anyway, it was a bit crap. He tried to show us photos of Nessie, sonar screens proving there were more than one - they think there are 18 of them in the lake and they're just as intelligent as us which is why they haven't been caught - and they bury their dead, which is why they never wash up on the shore. Hmmm. And I suppose the reason no photos ever work clearly is because they transmit undectable radiation that interferes with the focusing element in both film and digital cameras. Makes perfect sense now.

The remainder of the night consisted of getting very pissed, dancing around a bit, swimming in Loch Ness and stealing a witches hat to put ontop of the tour bus.

The trip home to Edinburgh was, not surprisingly, pretty quiet. We visited a pretty cool garden that was basically planted using a cannon - the guy who owned the land just shot a selection of seeds into the area and so there is a huge variety of plants all living together.

Back to Edinburgh, a bus back to Glasgow and Michelle (my cousin) was on a bus down to London by 10:30pm. A pretty full on six days really, and I've forgotten bits and pieces I'm sure.
Sorry about the lack of photos, it's a bit hard because my wireless is no longer working and I can't seem to fix it (D'oh).