Back to Mainland Scotland

Monday the 10th was mostly a travel day. Our 9:30AM departure from the Lerwick area brought us to the Sumburgh Airport an hour prior to our 11:25 flight to Aberdeen. Danus took me past St. Ninian's Island on the south west coast of Shetland, where there is a large tombolo, or gravel and sand spit, connecting the island to the main part of Shetland. Our flight was mostly smooth and we ended up landing early in Aberdeen. We were escorted by the Aberdeen Deeside Rotarians to the train station where we said our sad farewells. The train ride was smooth and quiet and took us past Dunnotar Castle (though we couldn't quite see it from the rails) and into Perth. We were soon taxied to the Sunnybank House Hotel where we upgraded ourselves into individual rooms for privacy and peace and quiet. Becasue we missed lunch, we quickly shot off to town to the Grand Italiano Restaurant and enjoyed a great meal. Of course we had to follow that up with a couple pubs, like The Ship Inn, the Kirkside Bar and The Bothy. Perhaps this day was our most relaxing respite so far.