OK, First off I can only apologise for how long this post is. I really am very very sorry. If you can't be arsed reading it all then I'd go for just Saturday 25th, Tuesday and Friday. They're probably the only half interesting ones anyway, lol.
Saturday 25th July 4.44pm-Well we're here. Holy God. That's all I have to say. Turns out we've tried to get over here before but the ferry wasn't running coz the weather was bad.Mum had a brainwave on the road from Easedale as to where we're staying and she's no longer happy with the location decision either. Luing is a spit of land that honestly cannot be classed as an island! It's ridiculous. Also, I have no internet or phone signal so this blog will be getting posted when I get home in a week (hopefully).Although Mum wants to get an extra week somewhere, much to my dismay. I can't see myself hopping on a bus or trainhome mid-week! I've just been into the twin bedroom, it's tiny. The wardrobe isn't even a foot wide, OMG, lord save me. Everyone's in a stinky mood, mainly coz Murray's being an uncooperative shite and the dog won't shut up!There's a girl in the caravan next to us who's been wondering about for about 10 minutes solid holding her phoneup trying to find signal. It's like if you've not found it by now yer never gonna! I keep looking at the little blue square in the corner of my screen where my weather chart should be but it just says 'service not available' :( Makes me sad. I'm sitting outside with the dog coz he's only quiet if someone's sitting with him and due to the factMurray's being an uncooperative shite, the task has fallen to me. Jesus I never notice how much dust is on my screen until I'm sat outside with the sun shining on it, eewwww. OOHH!!! Jane text me this morning, and our All Time Low tickets have arrived. I guess that gives me something to look forward to when we get back. It's a nice sunny day but it's meant to rain tomorrow, it'd better not last long though or I'll actually cry. Wow, everyone's arriving today, that's 4 families now. It's a pain in the arse coz we've had to park right at the end of the site and cart everything from the car coz we can't bring the boat right in. There's not enough room for it, ha ha ha. Barney'sgot his eye on the dog across in the van in front of ours, it's a cute wee thing. Gorgeous wee border collie. Anyhoo, I'm gonna wrap it up just now, desperately running out of things to say and it's getting rather warm out here so I'm gonna head in. Will report back later x x
5.14pm-Grrr, the people in front of us are annoying me already! I don't even know why, well I do but they've not actually done anything. The guy hit his dog blaming it for his own idiocy coz he tripped over the dog's lead. I mean for god sake look where you're going! It's not the freaking dog's fault you can't see past your fat belly. Then he launched a massive bit of bread or something over the edge into the water. Ok fine birds might eat it but why do people just assume that the birds and animals will eat their leftovers? Use a bin you minger, so that's why they've annoyed me. They also have 2 annoying kids that are really really English and are playing football round the back of our caravan, spread yourselves out why don't ya! FS, people.
6.43pm-OK as ashamed as I am to admit it, this place is starting to grow on me. I don't know if it's coz it's just sunny but it's actually quite nice. It's peaceful and sunny so it's good, the only thing is that I'm a loud person so I have to whisper a lot. Although the dog's being really noisy so I guess that makes up for me. I think we're going out for a spin in the boat this evening. Dad's currently having fun splatting bluebottles against the window, nice +o( We went up to 'the bothy' which is basically a shed with a load of DVD's, books and games etc. It's like a baby library :L Anyhoo, best dash coz we're off out on said boat, bye bye x x
8.37pm-So we're just in from having a zoom about in the boat and my hands are freeeeezing! Cold + Wet + Ropes = Sore hands :( HA! Mum's lost the vegetables, random but funny. Murray's being 3 again and playing with bionicles, wtf?! So yeh I'm cold that is all, good bye x x
Sunday 26th July 4.16pm-So today has been rather...meh. We woke up to rain and dreariness. It peed down last night and was pretty damn windy and the boat got flooded so Dad spent ages this morning bailing water out of it. Everything got soaked and I literally mean everything. His binoculars are fecked as is a tonne of other stuff. We're just back from 'exploring the spit that is this 'island' which took all of an hour or something like that. There really is nothing here. Nothing. The height of excitement today was watching Sister Act over breakfast. It doesn't get old. HA! I just gave the dog some malt loaf and he's now downing his water for dear life! Aw, I feel bad. He is being a pain in the ass at the moment though. But hey. I can't think of anything else to say so I'm going to shut it now. Lol, byee x x
Monday 26th July 8.02pm-Today has been goooood. I buyed things :) Well Mum buyed things on my behalf, lol. We went to Oban which always turns into a spending spree coz there literally nothing else to do there. So we split from the men and went shopping. I got some groovy nail varnish from Barry M and some scarfs, a bag and some KILLER heels from the lovely new new look in Oban and a cute wee mini kilt from the Edinburgh Woolen Mill shop. We also got some nice food on the harbour. Barbequed crayfish tail salad with this lovely cocktaily sauce and dinky donuts with chocolate sauce to finish with. Rockin'. We also got food shopping but that's boring so I won't talk about that. I painted the dogs claws blue with my groovy new nail paint while Maw and Paw where in Aldi's. I now realise that could be classed as a bit mean considering Barney had no say in the matter and was in a state of fear anyway which I think I took advantage of. Oh yeh, Dad had scared the shit out of him not 5 minutes previous to me painting his claws by opening the fuel canisters for the boat. Poor thing. Also for the first time in 3 days I HAD PHONE SIGNAL :) :D :P Yey!!! We walked past a cafe that said free WiFi in the window which I wasn't chuffed about so next time we go to Oban I'll remember to take my laptop. One thing there isn't in Oban is a McDonalds! So odd, it's a tourist town, there's ALWAYS McDonald's in touist towns. I don't get it :S Anyhoo dinner's on the go and I'm waffling so I'm going to go. Byesies x x
Tuesday 28th July
5.05pm-Well, it's wet. Very Very wet. We went out this morning for a massive (with a capital F) walk. We went right up round the point of the island where I got phone signal!!! Woooooo, texted Holly from my misery. OK that's a bit harsh, it wasn't that bad. We were going to go to a pub at the Atlantic Bridge for lunch but they stopped serving half an hour before we got there, meh, so we ended up going to Easdale. It was OK I guess. We had prawn marie rose in baked potatoes which was nice then me and Mum went into the local tack shop. Oh My God, this place was like a taxidermist. It's was weird, there was cow and sheep skins on the walls which you could buy!!! And a stuffed seal, which you could buy!!! And several stuffed birds of pray and owls which, again, YOU COULD BUY!!! It was grotty, truly vile. This was theeeee shittiest shop I think I've ever stepped foot in. So now we're back at the van sheltering from the waterfall that is the great Scottish weather. Ooh! My wee desktop thermometer's back!!! It must be picking up signal from somewhere but I can't figure out where coz according to my connection finder there's no connections within connecting distance. Did you get that? I didn't, lol. OMG! We watched Marley and Me last night, it's hilarious but what's with the end? Seriously?! *SPOILER ALERT* What genius thought "I know, we'll kill him!" It's evil, I actually cried, and I don't cry at films. It was sad, they should put a warning on the box; 'To all dog owners, watch this movie at your own risk!' Anyhoo, I'm off. Byee x x
Wednesday 29th July
9.57pm-We're just in from an eventful day. We got up early this morning to go out on the boat. Headed out only to discover that it was insanely choppy. Horrible if I'm honest. Very sore and coz I was sitting up the front, every time the boat crashed down from the top of a wave I got the worst of it and it really hurt my back :( To the point where I was in tears, as was Mum but that's just coz she was scared shitless, lol. The dog wasn't having too much fun either. We stopped at Easdale for lunch at the Puffer Cafe. We've booked in for dinner tomorrow night. Had more baked potatoes lol. Everyone's sunburned and tired, even Barney. Aw he's found himself a girlfriend, it's cute. There's a wee golden retriever that belongs to the ferry man called Isla who Barney's taken a liking to. She's gorgeous but I think she's a bit young for him. She's only 2 and he's 11, Hmm. Yeh so in dog years he's 77 and she's 14, eeww. OK no that's wrong; but she is lovely. OH MY GOOOOOOODDDDDD, I'm sooo tired, it's ridiculous. I'm forcing myself to type here, it's crazy. We've been to the pub at the Atlantic Bridge called Tigh an Truish (House of the Trousers, don't ask) for dinner. I had mussels, well I stole Dad's and then steak and ale pie and then Rhubarb crumble. Twas goodums. So now we're back, back and tired, back and burned, back and somehow still slightly peckish on my part. Murray and Mum are playing a game of cards, god knows what it is and by the sounds of things neither of them are doing too well. The dog's being really weird at the moment, he decided it was time to play at 12.30 last night just after we'd all gone to bed. Lunatic animal, but we love him. Drawing pictures of what I can see on paint, this is ho bred and tired I am! Meh I could actually sleep it's unbelievable and it's only quarter past ten!!! Dear God I'm lame. So may be the case but I'm gonna turn in, night x x
Thursday 30th July 9.15pm-So we've just got back from Easdale where we went for dinner tonight at the Puffer. I'm playing a monotonous game of 21 with Murray, it's so monotonous that we've now given up. Mum and Dad are out with the hairy one (the dog btw). So today we went back to Oban where we bumped into Nicola Hood and Co and we also saw Miss Dunford. It's the most random place to meet people you know considering it's like a 2 hour drive but hey. Me and Murray spent most of the time texting people. We've been so deprived of signal that whenever we get any we're replying to all the texts we've got over the previous days coz we recieve them all at the same time. Tis maaaaaadnesss, but hey ho. Can't wait to get home though, to have my own bed, well matress and T.V and internet and constant phone signal. It sound really sad but if you use the phone as much as me then you'll understand how I feel. Mum's doing the whole "I only get these two weeks a year" thing to wangle another week and make us give in to her but it's not working. If anything it's just making us more determined to get the first train out of Oban straight back to Central. Anyhoo enough of the whinging, I'm off x x
Friday 31st July
1.48pm-Hellooooo! Well today's been...well...yeh. I was very comfy in my bed this morning before Dad came in to ask if I wanted to go out in the boat. The now waterlogged boat. I was nice and comfy and my back's still sore from the antice of Wednesday so my answer was, inevitably, eh...neh. So the fam went out whilst me and my woof stayed at the van. They said they'd be 3 hours or so, so I put on a DVD and started to do my nails, had some food ya know. So I'm quite happy having some me time, much like now, and about 5 minutes after I'd started having lunch the door opens and Murrays like "OH MY GOD It's windy out there!" I was like, oh for fuck sake get OUT!!! My me time now ruined all because they decided to come back 2 hours early. Their reason? The boat keeps filling up with water, which it does! They're all outside taking it out of the water at the moment. So I'm watching Sister Act 2 (again) so I'm gonna shut it and watch my mooovvvviieeeee :) Bye Bye x
4.48pm-Ooh spooky, my last post was exactly 3 hours ago, scary ha ha. Lol anyway, we're in Cullipool. Mum and Dad are stealing slate. God knows why but they are. My wee laptop's on a road trip. We're getting a Lobster. I hope it's as a pet and not dinner :( Meh, see if it's sitting beside me on the way back I'll cry. They're freaking ALIVE!!!!!!! :'( Mother can kill 'em. We've so far spent the afternoon watching Sister Act 2 and being bored really. It's a miserable day and I'm not in the mood to do anything. My desktop weather cahrt is telling me that it's sunny in Glasgow. Heffing typical. I cannot for the life of me believe that it's August tomorrow!!! It's madness. I really want to go home. If I have to spend another week out here I'll cry. I need my friends!!! I'm going slightly mad, OK 'slightly' is an understatement. Oh yeh, we found out why the boat kept filling up with water. Turns out there's a HUGE hole in the side of the hull. There was a crack but we must have hit something in it, my guess is a rock. Yeh so that's gonna take some fixing. I'm guessing it's Lobster for tea. There's not much else we can have now, but hey. This road's horrible, especially when you're not looking where you're going. Car sick much? Will blog some more when I get back coz this is making me all woozy.
5.56pm-OK so we're back at le van. Mum's preparing salad and stuff to eat with the lobsters. They'd better be good I swear or those poor things have died for no reason. OH! Mum wants to watch Marley and Me again. This is gonna be one depressing ass night. Death of 2 lobsters and a fictional dog, Yaldi. IT'S STILL RAINING :( today's just been miserable. You're probably depressed reading this but now you know how I feel. Meh, I'm running out of things to say just sitting around while Maw and Paw prepare dinner :( but I will blog later when the deed is done.
6.06pm-Ding DOng the Loster's dead :( it's all very sad. T.O.D 18.05pm. Boo Hoo.
6.56pm-Dinner's finished, Lobsters were surprisingly nice and rather filling.Gonna leave y'all now bye bye x
Saturday 1st August 12.47pm-EH, August??? Woah. Well we're en route home. We've just stopped at the Real Food Cafe in Tyndrum. Tis nice. I had half a chicken, yummy. So now we're on our way home. Key word here actually being HOME. Mum's all annoyed coz she's not getting another week. Well we're going home just now then her and Dad might go somewhere next week, not sure though. It's dreary and wet but I don't care, in little under 3 hours I'll have my own bed and a decent shower that has it's own water supply, yasss. No more adjusting the heat every 2 seconds. We're checking out some WigWam place. You can stay in them on holidays. OMG they look shit. HA! Mum's like, eh naw just turn around. Lolz. I bet she's gonna make us stop at like every holiday site on the road home. FS, can't she just drop it? Anyhoo, look on the positive Freya. I'm getting to go home, where my friends are and where I can watch good T.V and can use the phone without having to walk half way round and island!!! Woop Woop, :) happy.
2.58pm-Wooooooooooooo, Clydebank! Yaldi. Finally somewhere I recognise. Loch Lomond was a bit scary, very wet very windy (as in wine-dy, not win-dy) roads. Very fast cars, not a good combination. Only about half an hour 'til homeskis now :) yey. Having a shower when I get in. Little laptops battery is gonna die so I'm going to go. Bye Bye xx
CONCLUSION: The site was actually quite nice as was the family in the van in front of us. Murray continued to be an uncooperative shite all week, some things just don't change. I never did find any WiFi but I did find phone signal on a few occasions. Never thought I could miss my friends quite soo much but turns out I can. Terrestrial T.V really is awful. The news is just as depressing when you're on holiday as it is when you're at home. You find boring things a lot more interesting when you have nothing better to do. The bigger you get the smaller caravan beds get. It turns out lobsters don't like hot water and I really don't like cold water. Made a photobook from various school events i.e fright night, prom, fright night, edinburgh festival and fright night and I've come to find that Torrance is actually better than some places! Who'd have thunk. So that's that. Summer holiday '09 - DONE.
