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23 August

Home again Home again Jiggity Jig.

Aroused from a light sleep by drunken revelry outside on the street around 4 am. You don't expect to hear such noise through the windows at the Balmoral Hotel.

We were ready to leave at 7 am and after a brief farewell to the parents (they wouldn't see Jeff in London as he was leaving at 4.30 pm from Heathrow) in the taxi at 7.04 am. A mad dash careening through the streets of Edinburgh on Sunday morning and we were at the airport at 7.29. After seeing the lines at EasyJet, I am afraid I succumbed to shelling out an extra 9.50 per person for the speedy boarding service which has a dedicated desk and pre boarding access. It was a godsend (save for a moment at check in when the woman went slightly anal, sorry about the indelicacy but she was weirdly obsessive about the size of my regular backpack which did fit in the measuring frame) as it helped save time for us to get through security without panic.

Waiting and people watching and seeing 3 ladies and 2 babies miss their plane. They cleared security at the the same time as we did but didn't understand the concept of time keeping as the gate closed before they sauntered up and then commenced a shouting match with the gate keeper. I wonder how they managed to get their ticket sorted out, do you get on the next plane if you are late at the gate?

Arrived home at midday after waiting an age for our bags to appear, then rushing through the terminal for the train. A light lunch and then off to the airport for Jeffs return flight. Talk about jet set. Hah!

So ended our lovely week long tiring but interesting hectic tour of the West Coast of Scotland. We would like to return to explore at a more leisurely pace.