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It's been two weeks since I've written a blog post, I've been relatively busy, but in actual fact, I'm perhaps being a little lazy. My writing project is stuck at around 2000 words, simply because there are a few logistical plot holes which I need to address before I continue (for example, how have the two characters got enough food to survive in the red room for the two weeks necessary?). Don't get me wrong at all, I'm loving encountering problems, it just adds to the depth which I'm trying to create.
Let's begin.
A few weeks ago, wile playing korfball, I managed to break my glasses. This was a massive inconvenience to me because we had our last league games the following weekend and I wouldn't be able to play in them (both the glasses and the games themselves). As a result, I booked an eye test and a contact lens appointment. The summary of this is that I can now wear contact lenses; this would be for sport and the odd night out. It's a pretty big thing for me because it means no more broken glasses and I can play sports which I might not have done because of glasses getting in the way. (Disclaimer - I will never play rugby.)
On Friday the third of March, I woke up as the street sweeping lorry was doing its rounds at 6am and began my day of travelling. I was going to Scotland to meet my brother Thomas for a weekend of excitement in Aberdeen.
The train journey took three hours to get from Aberystwyth to Birmingham. Following that, Flybe's propeller propelled service got me to Aberdeen (after an hour delay) in an hour and ten minutes. Being met at the airport was brilliant and then the weekend's whistlestop tour of Aberdeen could begin.
The Friday night was spend in various pubs, meeting my brother's friends before heading to a gig, 90's band 'The Dub Pistols' (one of their songs was on the PS2 game Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2). The night was brilliant and it set the weekend up really well. However, as the dancing and the drinking went on, dark storm clouds gathered overhead. The rain came down and didn't stop until Saturday evening. We did power through the rain and went to an incredibly seal colony on a place not far from Aberdeen called Balmedie Beach. There were at least two hundred of the animals at a distance of around 20 metres (seals carry a number of diseases so it's wise not to get close.) Despite the constant driving rain, it was one of the most incredible places that I've been to, it even had a shipwreck on the beach. Jumping back in the car with soaked through jeans, we passed one of Donald Trump's golf courses and drove back into Aberdeen and out the other side to a place called Stonehaven, a fishing town with a brilliant castle on the clifftops. We didn't stop too long here, getting a coffee, taking pictures and buying lunch to take back to my brother's flat (Fried haggis and chips). After surprising family members on FaceTime (it was left mostly as a secret for this very purpose), we left to watch the Aberdeen University versus Robert Gordon University Varsity boat race. If you imagine Oxford and Cambridge's boat race and then scale it down quite abit, that's what we witnessed. Aberdeen University won and as the rain clouds began to form once again, we headed to meet my brother's friends for food. The meal was lovely and it was a fantastic end to a brilliant weekend. I'd really like to visit when the weather is a little more predictable, maybe in the summer because I definitely felt that there were so many things left unseen in the wonderful city of Aberdeen.
I didn't use my camera very much, simply because of how heavy the rain was, however, here are a couple of pictures.
This photo was actually taken a couple of days before I left. Dew drops on the moss.
Wrecked.
This little guy followed us up and down the beach
Dunnottar Castle at Stonehaven
Robert the Bruce in front of the largest granite building in Europe.
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