Hump day, and change plans.

I don’t have much in the way of interesting pics to share.  The picnic table is where I spend a LOT of time, good internet there, beautiful roses, and a great place to watch the sun set (f I’m up late enough) or eat a meal.  The meal is something I ordered from Iceland kind of on a whim, which ended up being really yummy, a package of Jerk Wraps.   I’m getting somewhere between four and six meals out of it, and it’s really yummy for a packaged mix. 

Today is Hump Day, not of a week, but of my self-isolation.   Day 6 of 10.  The day after tomorrow I will take another Covid PCR test, mail it to the National Health Service, Thursday I’ll do half my laundry, Friday the last half and then pack.   

While I’ve been more or less idle, I’ve been oing a lot of TV watching on my phone, revisiting some of the stuff I watched to prepare for this trip, an ultimately I decided to do some Scottish Reformation tourism. So Saturday I’ll visit Edinburgh castle, if possible, St. Giles Cathedral, and the Knox house and burial site on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.  Then I’ll set out for St. Andrews, arriving mi afternoon, I hope, and while in St. Andrews I’ll visit the reformation sites there.    

Two nights in St. Andrews, then two nights in Inverness, then Oban - oops. 

Got an email yesterday that the hostel I am staying at in Oban will be closing, effective yesterday.   The caretaker of the hostel tested positive for Covid.   Turns out this will only affect my first night, as they will reopen again on the 29th.  So I have to figure out something for the night of the 28th.    I’m workin on that.

Rick Steves said in a recent newsletter that people will be able to travel this Summer but we will nee to be flexible, following the various rules and being able to change plans.   This is a clear example of this and we will make it work!