Finally! At last I have crossed the Scottish border on my virtual walk in the United Kingdom. Back in February, I remember being quite excited as I began this walk at Land’s End on the Cornwall coast. These days I am dragging my feet a little as the real walking time seems to go on...and on...and on!
The walk itself is 1,083 miles or 1,805 kilometers. To date I have covered 75% of that distance and have just a tad over 300 miles to go. When we checked out my location on Google maps, Lyle tells me that for the past couple of weeks I have been walking mainly through fields, forest and now hills. In fact, apart from the towns and cities we visited on our actual holiday in2019, this is mostly what I remember about the Scottish landscape.
Our trip to Scotland was one of the last we were fortunate to take before the onset of COVID and I look back on it with very fond memories. We began in Glasgow, staying at a chain hotel, but one that was situated almost beside the River Clyde. The setting was perfect – within easy reach of some amazing walking trails but also close enough to the action of downtown and the hop on hop off bus stop.
One spot I remember particularly was a stop at the Art Gallery and Science Museum. The exterior of the building was amazing in its own right, but inside we came across a display featuring a life size albatross. Some years ago now, I remember being very disappointed when we visited an albatross sanctuary in New Zealand. The birds were too far distant for me to see anything, but here in the museum the bird was close enough and large enough for me to see it. It was huge! The taxidermist must have had quite a job with this one!
We were only in Glasgow for four days – not nearly long enough. The city has a vivid historical past and had our time permitted, I would have stayed even longer. I wonder if my virtual walk will take me near the city as I make my way north. Only three hundred miles to go!
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