It was Donna's last day, after a week of being in Elgin. So we decided to head up to Kincraig for the day. Allan, Donna, Kara, Paula and me. I made some CDs for the road from the song suggestions we'd all made the night before.
The day was a pretty wet one, but a good time was still had by all. The last time I'd been was almost exactly a year ago, with my Mum. It was cool seeing the tiger cubs, who, were only a month or two old when I was last there, walking around their enclosure as 'Big' cats.
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| One of the tiger cubs in 2009 |
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| One of the tiger cubs in 2010 |
Cathedral & Spynie Palace
I'd thrown out the suggestion of going to the cathedral on the drive home from the cinema. Then I slept til around 3pm the next day. I woke up to texts from both Paula and Kara. Kara's simply said "Wake up!" -- I'd put my phone on silent for the cinema and didn't take it off silent.
I got in touch with them, saying I was still up for the cathedral if they were... And they were, so we went. I threw some clothes on, got my bike out and cycled down to meet them. After which, we went to the pub for a quick meal.
Then I cycled home and decided not to go out, cause, essentially, I was just too comfortable.
Wednesday, we went to Spynie Palace. It was kind of raining again, which wasn't so great. But got a few decent pictures. After a while there, we went to Lossie and got some ice cream. While in the ice cream shop, my mum came in. So, I introduced her and Kara. Then we left, and I came home.
I think the Mythbusters were wrong.
The Mythbusters once did an experiment to see whether or not running in the rain would keep you drier than walking. On Wednesday night, we went to the Muckle for a bit and then decided to go on to the Granary. When we left the Muckle though, it was raining heavily. So, we decided to run.
Arriving at the Granary, we were soaked. Well, our fronts were. Our backs were dry. Water was running down my face into my mouth. I don't know how we could have been any wetter.
Aberdeen
On Thursday, we headed to Aberdeen. The whole gang, Richard, Paula, Allan, Kara and myself. Our first port of call was Codona's for food. "The Congo Bar", although a tad expensive, does really good food. After that, we were aiming for Satrosphere. A place that Paula had promised would be amazing.
It was not. She claims it was because half the building was taken up by a crap "Walking With Dinosaurs" exhibit, but I don't believe her. We had fun with what was there and sat through "Science On The Spot" before leaving. After a brief stop-off at ASDA, we found ourselves back at Codona's, where Paula got ID'd for the 10p machines.
Paula, it should be stated, is 23. You have to be 18 to be in the area where the 10p machines are.
After that, we went on the waltzers, which was a pretty bad idea, then went home. The journey home wasn't that great, but feeling like you're gonna throw up the entire journey never is.
Goodbye
Friday was Kara's last day. Paula, Kara, Allan and myself met up for some lunch. We decided on the Granary, which actually ended up being pretty nice. Not cheap, but good food. After that, we went down to the train station, where Kara's train was due in about 20mins.
She bought her tickets and we were getting ready for it to arrive, when it was announced that it'd been cancelled. The next train wasn't for another hour.
We ended up spending that hour, on the floor, playing some card game. I won, I lost. It was a rollercoaster of emotions...
Then came the time for Kara's train to actually arrive. We all hugged goodbye and then watched her train leave. She was only here a week, but, due to the amount we did in that week, I guess, it felt a lot longer. It'll be weird her not being here any more.
Photographs
Kincraig Highland Wildlife Park, Elgin Cathedral & Spynie Palace
Quiz
Team Name: [No team name]
Score: 37.5
Once we got our sheet back, I just went and handed it in, totally forgot about the whole team name thing. Weirdly, we weren't the only ones. Pretty happy with our score this week though. Got a lot of the more obscure questions right.
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