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 And where is Sami tonight?
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Oct. 19th, 2009 @ 09:36 pm 
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So, this afternoon I went and toured the battlefield at Culloden Moor, then headed back towards the delightful city of Elgin, in Moray. Stopped at Tesco's and finally got phone credit.
I attended the evening session of the Moray Camera Club. A photo competition was being judged by a man from Dundee, and I really enjoyed the pictures, but my lord the man has terrible judgement, I found it rather irksome.
It finished at 9pm, and everyone was gathering for tea and socialisation, but I went back to my car, and by the combined powers of the Accommodation Guide I picked up at the tourist info office, mobile broadband on laptop, and actually having a phone with which to call places, poked around until I found a nice place to stay.
One place I called that had no rooms, the woman was trying to think of somewhere that would. She came up with the Premier Inn.
"That's my fallback option."
"Yes, it is a bit of a fallback place, isn't it?"
The Premier Inn is basically a motel chain. I stayed at one in Merseyside; it was nice enough, clean and pleasant and all that, but it's not at all interesting.
One night in the Premier Inn at Merseyside cost me fifty pounds.
Tonight, for fifty pounds, I'm staying at a guest house. For that fifty pounds, I'm staying in an utterly lovely room in an old Victorian mansion, with beautiful, beautiful furniture, including a king-sized wooden four-poster bed. Instead of scrabbling for power points, I've plugged my laptop into the powerboard - but there's four other free power points I can see from where I'm sitting. There are fixings for tea and coffee. There's a lovely gilt mirror.
Oh, and a full breakfast is included, and there's wifi internet access.
The sheet has some fun bits on the policy stuff. Like the Edinburgh Lodge, they have a towel system whereby you can indicate whether you want your towels replaced or are happy to reuse them; the Pines system is that you leave towels you want replaced on the floor.
They also recycle and use local or Fairtrade products where possible. And have a laundry service - clothes returned washed and dried.
This is why, seriously, finding a B&B is preferable to finding a motel. I have the nicest room in the house, apparently; it was the only room that was left.
I'm tired and I'm not sure of the limitations of this wifi - although it's the most reliable wifi I've ever seen - so you get only one picture just now. Taken at Culloden Moor:
 Current Location: Elgin, Moray, Scotland
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October 19th, 2009 11:48 pm (UTC) |
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the pines guest house looks (and sounds!) amazing and lovely.
wow, that picture gives me chills.
i hope youare not past tired and fed up of my going "wow, so cool!" because most of what you post on this trip triggers that reaction in me!
i feel so blessed to be able to follow your adventures.
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| From: | sami |
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October 22nd, 2009 06:57 pm (UTC) |
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No, I love your comments!
I just hope you forgive me for being terrible at comment replies at the moment. I just don't spend very much time with the internet right now...
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| From: | velithya |
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October 20th, 2009 12:34 am (UTC) |
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Culloden! In my head, I hear the word in Duncan's scottish-ish accent ;P
Enjoy your evening in your delightful room! It sounds lovely, post a picture at some point eh
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