So, on Saturday my Dad and I travelled up to sunny Glasgow (yeah right.... it rained pretty much the whole time!). First we went and checked on my flat.... yup still in pretty good condition. Can't believe that I'm going back there to stay in a few weeks!! BOO! We went to Greggs for lunch (ever so classy! lol) and then worked out how we were going to get to Celtic Park for the Scotland v Faroe Islands game. We realised that we only need to catch one train from Partick to Dalmarnock and then walk 10-15mins to get to stadium. So that is what we did. At the station we met Susan from church. Hadn't seen her all summer so that was really nice.
We got to Celtic Park without a hitch. We arrived sooooooo early though, like 2 hours before the kick off so we were hanging around outside the ground and the players coaches arrived, Faroes first (not really bothered about them to be honest) and then Scotland. Obviously when the Scotland coach arrived EVERYONE wanted to catch a glimpse of the players so we didn't really get a good view. Dad saw Walter Smith (the manager) while I got a really good view of Paul Hartley. Then we made our way into the stadium and to say that we had awesome seats doesn't really justify it. We were alongside the pitch and not too far from it towards the middle (does this make any sense) . Anyway, they were good seats! While we were waiting for the game to start I was watching all the really exciting people who were milling around on and around the pitch. Darren Fletcher (Scotland and Man Utd) was the first who I saw - he looks so much like my cousin Der it is unbelievable). Then Gary McAllister, Dougie Donnelly and Pat Nevin. But best of all...... ALLY MCCOIST!! He is one of my heroes so I was really pleased to see him. Well that made my day, I didn't really care how the match went after that!
The atmosphere in Celtic Park was amazing! The stadium really keeps the sound in so it was just fab. The attendance was 50, 059 which was great when everyone except my Dad was singing along to such songs as The Proclaimers - 500 Miles and also Loch Lomond - it is goosebump stuff! Well there isn't much to say about the match - we won it. 6-0!! I didn't think I'd ever see Scotland score 6 goals let alone in one game. To be fair to the Faroes their keeper should have saved at least 3 of the goals - the two penalties (scored by Kris Boyd and Kenny Millar) and Gary O'Connor's shot (the only goal of the second half). The other goals were scored by Darren Fletcher, James McFadden and another by Kris Boyd. Fantastic!!
Well, Dad and I are wishing that we could have more internationals played at Celtic because it is easier to get to from Partick than Hampden is. It is also much quicker to get out of! We were back at the flat in a fraction of the time that it would have taken us to get back from the national stadium.
We set off straight away to go to Inverness to visit my Grampa. We had a good journey and arrived sometime after 9pm.
On Sunday we went to Kingsview - saw lots of friends and relatives as usual. In the afternoon we went to the Fairy Glen for a wee walk with Ian, Paula, Craig, Cara and Emma and of course Molly. Hattie and Molly basically ignored each other the whole time but had great fun playing in the stream getting themselves and everyone else absolutely soaked. We then went back to Dunballoch and saw their kittens, Smokey and Murphy, who Hattie terrorised (yeah right... I think she was more scared of them but they did not like her at all!) and I saw Cara's hamster Chester who is adorable! I don't love him as much as Zinzan though! We went to Kingsview again in the evening - had a good talk with Catherine about the camp that she did. Sounded awesome!!
On Monday we went into Inverness shopping. First headed out to the 'Golden Mile' (it is basically a retail park) and went to Tesco (bought a skirt) then to Borders (didn't buy a lot), then to Pizza Hut for lunch. Then went to Inverness itself - bought some boots.
In the evening Uncle Don came for tea, Emma was there as well cos Iain and Craig were harvesting and Paula and Cara were at dancing. So was v. nice.
On Tuesday morning Auntie Kathleen called which was nice and unexpected. Then we set off down the road. Stopped at Bruar for lunch then went to the Rosses. Called in at the shop which was good to see and then went to their house for tea. Then carried on down the road. Can't remember when we arrived home. I was too tired to remember!!