Scotland (Day 2)

Date of event: Sunday 15th June 2014

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People mentioned in this post:
Aaron
Andy (Sharon's husband)
Dad
Emma
Jemma
Katherine (Lauren's mum)
Lauren
Mum
Zoe

Surprisingly I managed to wake up on my own which is strange for me as I'm generally not a morning person. However I did sleep in the car on the way and on the way back from the village where the event was taking place so I wasn't entirely invincible. When we got there we met up with Katherine and Lauren and the rest of their group before the former along with mum got on the bus to prepare for the event.

Lauren's mum was passing the baton to mine which was cool so my dad and I tagged along with their group to a local coffee shop where we practically camped out for the next two hours. I was glad Lauren was there because Emma and Zoe weren't coming up until later so it was nice to talk to someone my age whilst we waited for 10am. Despite having only met her twice before, after spending

time with her that day

I felt like I'd known her a

lot longer.

When finally the runners were dropped of at there places we'd decided that I would run up with Lauren alongside Katherine and then she would run with me alongside my mum. Katherine walked so although it was uphill it was just a jog to keep in front and take pictures but when my mum was running we had to keep sprinting ahead in order to take some decent shots which by the end was quite tiring. Sharon, Andy and the kids were there as well so they ran with us and it all got live streamed which was quite funny.

After we'd finished and gone back to the cafe for a drink we said goodbye to Katherine, Lauren and the rest of their group before heading back to the house. When we got back we played catch (which may sound lane but was pretty funny) before Zoe and I decided to walk into town. Kirkintilloch is hardly a town really but it has a few shops which I remembered being really nice the last time I'd been so we went. Emma was already there buying food for her silver DofE practice expedition so we stalked her and her friends for a bit for a laugh before going shopping. I bought sweets and a cute white crop top which I'd been wanting for ages.

We then then walked back via the park. We stayed there for ages, doing acrobatics, taking photos and messing around before we realised that we needed to head back before a VERY late lunch. After we'd eaten and attempted to play a game outside (there was an argument between rounders and football) it was time to pack and head off to the airport. The flight home was uneventful although I tried to update my blog posts and failed so ended up just reading the whole time.



That's the end of my Scotland blog guys, hope you enjoyed. I'm writing these posts quite a while after the trip so some details may have been left out but I'm sure it'll be accurate enough.