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Shortly after we got back from our honeymoon we had to get used to a slight adjustment to our new married lives…
Were pregnant!!! and were so excited!!!
Were 14 weeks and we had our first scan last week, alls going well now the morning sickness is over, touch wood, and the next scan is due on the 15 November, we cant wait to see our baby again, its such a long while this being pregnant thing, youre told its 9 months but 40 weeks to us looks a lot more like 10 months.
The mums were chuffed to bits when we told them they were going to be grandmas and have already started picking out little outfits and crocheting to thieir hearts content.
We’ve kinda decided not to find out the sex of the baby and to let it be a surpise but it’s still something we both kind of want to know but we’ll see, they’ll be able to tell at our next scan.
I, Cat, think its going to be a boy and Steven thinks its a girl… take your bets please 
Were going to keep popping back with thoughts and feelings so check back soon to see how the new parents are getting on
1st scan photo to follow, going to have to get daddy to sort that one out as im slightly computer illiterate 
Cacha all very soon,
The proud parents.
October 17th, 2006
Hi,
Wedding Photos… well… we have nearly got all the wedding photos in from friends and family and just need to get the throw-aways developed and then we’ll start the MAMMOTH task of sorting through them all in good old iPhoto and making up our albums.
We are thinking of an official one, a personal one and an out-takes one for a laugh and once we’ve done em all we’ll upload each to the Blog
There are also some real nice photos of you guys too so we’ll dig them out too so you can take a copy of any you like.
Currently we have collected approx 1200 from the wedding which is likely to rise to more like 1800 and we have approx 2200 from the honeymoon… so.. BIG THANKS to everyone for taking photos and for saving us a packet on hiring a photographer who couldn’t have caught anywhere near as good photos or been there all day with us to see it all unfold.
Simon even snapped a few short videos of the vows which are very cool and incidentally are downloadable as screensavers and ringtones for your mobile phones at just £2.50 plus your usual network rate
C+S
July 30th, 2006
Hmmm….. ok….. today is our first day home from our honeymoon and Scotland roadtrip and hmmmm… need say no more 
The dogs(Megan and Bruno) are of course VERY happy to see us and we called over to Cat’s mums earlier to collect Penny the cat who is hmmm well she’s a cat so doesn’t give much away but Megan is pleased to see here too.
We unpacked Clive today which was a MAMMOTH task in the baking heat…. oh… a note on the “heatwave”… as usual, a few odd days of sun or wind or snow or rain and the country stops, proclaims that this is the hottest, coldest, windiest, snowiest… day/week in the history of the universe… and so on… hmmm… maybe we should look a little further afield and check-out some REAL scary weather and realise just how lucky we really are… ok… personal rant over 
As you can probably tell we’re on a bit of a downer atm what with being back home… although, it was nice to sleep in a proper bed and we do like our home so it’s defo not all bad and of course we’re wifey and hubby too to that’s always gonna be top
Clive-O is all clean and tidy now too and the boxes and bags are refilled and he’s all ready to Rock and Roll again as soon as we can take some more time out which will be soon given half a chance.
Oh… still not been shopping so still living off all the stuff out of Clive and the cupboards… although… the cupboards are still quite well stocked as is the bunker in the dining room from when Cat went panic-shopping following the Bird-Flu warnings some months ago.
We also started to pull all the photos together today from the Wedding Weekend and the Honeymoon and so far we have about 800 from the wedding and about 2200 from the honeymoon… anyone with photos from the wedding that needs help getting them onto CD/DVD give us a shout and we’ll sort it. We estimate by the time all the photos come in from friends we should have ablut 2000 from the wedding too so we reckon we should be able to make a half-decent album from that
We’ll be back again soon when we find some inspiration and we’re considering a photo gallery for wedding and honeymoon out-takes so let us know what you think as you guys will be in there if we kick it off!
All for now… Mr+Mrs C @home
July 18th, 2006
Hi Guys…. Drink… Blurrrrr… Fall Over… That’s about it for tonight but there are some photos here and we’ll write more when we can… top, top and very crazy day… love to see the CCTV of us arriving back into the reception at the hotel
July 17th, 2006
Hi guys,
Just a quickie, we know you like to be kept updated so… as we’ve only just got up and were almost ready to go out… think were gonna go to the pub … we’ve not got a problem honest, well maybe we do, a problem with mornings that is and problems getting enough beers in before closing time and of course that the Scotland trip is coming to an end so what better way to finish off the trip but with a few drinks in this top city!!
Ok guys hope you’ve all not been working too hard whilst we’ve been away and we’ll try to get a few more posts and pics in before we get back and we’ll see you all very soon.
We can hear the pub calling so we’ll catch you all very soon… oh breakfast was very nice btw, huge in fact not mean with their portion sizes here, thought at one point Steven was gonna throw… he didn’t though, very impressive :/ if you like that kind of thing.
Bye for now all,
Mr and Mrs C
July 16th, 2006
Helloooo….
Today we awoke at Pitlochery to visitors… a family of ducks and ducklings came to visit Clive(see photos) very cute!
After a hearty breakfast we set off South again down the A9 to Edinburgh our last stop off before heading back to sunny old Wigan(hmmm…. bah)… I think we will be away again soon!
Cat is feeling much better today and is back to her usual smiley self too btw.
So we eventually sailed Clive into dock at Edinburgh and before entering the madness that is city living we called off under the old Fourth Bridge to see the Sea Creatures at the Deep Sea World centre.
Deep Sea Word is kind of an old quarry with buildings underground so when you arrive there all you see is a car park… wierd… surely there should be stuff?? … then you get the whole idea and find the steps down into the ‘Deep’.
At DSW there are all kinds of fish both UK and foreign… tons of other stuff like tree frogs, shrimps, crabs, anenomes, seals and some pretty major sharks, rays and some Pirhana with those nasty pointy teeth.
Underground, DSW is on different levels and you can walk down into the depths and into a glass viewing tunnel where you are underwater for some distance and above and around you there swim all kinds of fish including BIG sharks and rays and even a couple of divers.
After seeing tons of cool stuff in the tunnel we went outside to see the seals which are very cool.
The seals here have been bred in captivity and will never be reintroduced into the wild as they have no survival skills(except for dialing Dominos) but the Seal Sanctuary here also looks after sick wild seals too which are nursed back to good health before being released into a local seal colony.
The seals that are resident here are called Morag and Heather and they are mum and daughter… they are very friendly seals and love to shake a paw/fin whatever and roll over and jump for a ball and stuff in exchange for fish… cool life… free fish for tricks
The people looking after the Seals looked like they totally enjoyed their work and being with the seals which was real nice too.
Ok… so… when we had done the whole fishy thing we jumped back into Clive and headed into town over the Fourth Road Bridge to find our hotel… yeah we know… another girly card but we kinda planned a couple of days in Edinburgh and we kinda like to ‘roll’ in if you get the picture and you can’t do that very easily if you’re camped 6 miles away.
Anyhow… to cut a very long story short… 1st hotel was pretty bad… so we swapped…. 2nd hotel was a joke… so we swapped… 3rd hotel(Novotel)… totally top… location is a bit of a downer as we’re used to being right on the main street but hey ho can’t have everything and at least this one has locking windows, a TV that works, lightbulbs, two bathrooms, neither of which crawl and even a few extras like AirCon and a Mini-Bar(Rock n Roll).
When we had exhausted the hot water and played with all the shiny gadgets in the room we wen’t for a few beers in town and a sexy Pizza and now we’re back here for a quick blog and then to sleep(…zzzZZZ) as we’re crackered and up early for full Scottish Breckie(we are looking like the Rolly-Pollys since going away) and then off out for the day as it’s our next to last …for now at least
So catcha later and check out todas photos here.
C+S
July 15th, 2006
Hi,
Todays blog post comes to you from Pitlochery which is on the A9 south kind of half way between Aviemore and Sterling.
Ok… today… from the top…
9:00am … Those evil little b*****ds (Tweenies) wake us up again and we begin to hatch a plan to rid the globe of all Tweenies, Tweenie tunes, lookalikes, toys and adult-sized tweenie-style fettish items from dubious catalogues and internet sites and other evil little creatures.
10:00am … breakfast arrives… hmmm… someone needs to teach chef what breakfast really means for the under 60’s.
12:00pm … drag our sorry asses from the hotel room into the Camper (this took a little while as packing included plates, cuttlery, food, a well-stocked bar and TWO carrier-bags of sweets and crisps).
12:10pm … checkout… and whatever you do… don’t mention the broken toilet seat… lid snapped off… oops!
12:15pm … in Clive making a swift exit… ok…. made it through passport control on the gatehouse and we’re off
From Aviemore we headed down the A9 with every intention of making it down to Sterling to see some stuff there or maybe to vere off to take in Glamis Castle on the way… but on the way… “Cat got real sick”(cold and blue and stuff… scary) and needed a nap and some sustinence so we pulled off in a layby(ooer missus!) and Steven cooked and there were no fires at all… for those of you who know Steven’s record for cooking and kitchen fires then you’ll know this is good… his list of disasters include… the time he cooked cheese on toast and the toaster burst into flames which set fire to the boiler and this cost a toaster and a boiler… the time the potato caught fire set fire to the microwave and the plate it was on shattered… and the many many times he has tried to cook microwave popcorn and still can’t manage it without the bag bursting into flames… oooh and the recent bacon with added melted plastic bits incident.
Anyhow… the food(veggie fajitas and ginger cake and custard) and couple of cups of tea did the trick and Cat was up and on here feet again within hours… we actually enjoyed sitting on the layby chatting all afternoon as it was a bit of time-out from travelling and time for chats and stuff.
Ok… eventually we reached Pitlochery and found a campsite, parked Clive-O up for the night in pitch number 23 and took off into town(street) for a beer and some food.
On the way we took time to take in the “Fish Ladder” which is an ingenious invention that allows migratary salmon to ‘climb’ up and over the dam that stands in Pitlochery which houses the Hydro Elecric Power Station. The way that this works is simply there are MANY concrete ‘tanks’ next to eachother and linked by underwater tunnels starting at the lower water level and each raised 18 inches from the last that ’snake’ up towards the top of the Dam…. the last ‘tank’ is at the same level as the top water level behind the Dam… the Salmon actually use this and about 5400 migratary salmon use the ladder each season…. lol… catch our next report on John Cravens Country File.
There were tons of salmon jumping which was a cool sight and as the sun was going down we took in the sunset over the loch.
From here we went into town(street) and went for a few JDs and tried to get food… hmmm… we ended up in an Indian as this was the only place open after 10:00pm yet again… had starters and popadums and then decided to take main course back to Clive-O for eating later as we were a bit full by this point.
Indian Takeaway smells cool in a small space like Clive-O (hmmm…. honest)… there is a photo of Steven eating his ‘fairly hot chefs special sauce’ in the photos.
Ok… enough already… time for sleep… so check out todays photos here and we’ll catch you tomorrow… C+S
July 14th, 2006
Hi Guys….
We awoke today to the dull distant tones of….. (drumroll) The Tweenies! WTF …..our Girly Card Room back at Aviemore turned out to be right overlooking the kids entertainment area… some days life can suck even in Aviemore… Tweenies are now oficially evil creatures especially at 9:00am!
Todays trip was to Cawdor Castle which is a very nice castle up near Nairn and it was at Cawdor Castle by the river just 10 months and 1 day ago that Steven asked Cat for her hand in marriage and of course if you’re upto-date with the blog you’ll know she said yes… scary times though.
If you have never been lucky enough to visit Cawdor Castle then you should make time and take a trip up there… it’s a totally chilled atmosphere and still also a family home for the winter months and you’ll love it if you take time to take it all in and kick back and take time to enjoy the gardens which are very cool.
The other bonus relating to Cawdor Castle is that there is a Organic/Freerange Pig farm on the road leading to/from the Castle and the Pigs and Piglets are very cool and its worth stopping for a little chit-chat, maybe compare reciepes and take some group piggy photos with them…. when we eventually get the farm we want… pigs are defo on the list of ‘none-edible’ pets we will be inviting to live with us.
On our return to Aviemore we went for a few beers around ‘town’(street) and as usual Scotland had finished serving food at 9:00pm which is actually quite late for some areas!…
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A Quick Aside….
During our travel around the Scottish Highlands we’ve learnt the following…
1. Don’t forget the midge cream.
2. Don’t expect to eat after 9:00pm (7:00pm in some places).
3. Many shops don’t serve fresh fruit and veg nor skimmed milk.
4. Don’t expect to buy petrol after 9:00pm (7:00pm in many places).
5. Some petrol stations still won’t let you use the pumps and one you have to ask in the local hotel for service.
6. Bunnies are not in short supply in Scotland… they’re everywhere which is good… bunnies rock!
7. Some parts of Scotland are like the Emerald City…. you think they are just around the next bend but they never are.
8. In the distant past many folk here liked to hunt wild animals with guns(that’s fair) stuff them and brag about it.
9. Coos…. the favorite of many weary traveller are oficially in very short supply… finding authentic Coos is very difficuly.
10. Scottish folk are in the main very friendly and accommodating folk!
11. Scottish pub singers do not know any Slipknot …but they are forgiven for now until we heckle ye once again
12. If you take a trip to Scotland make sure you pack adequate Duck Tape as you will need it to rebuild many parts of your vehicle.
13. Steven cooked and didn’t burn down the camper van (for those who know Stevens reputation for kitchen fires then you know this is good).
14. Clive-O is a star and deserves some TLC and some time out when we get home.
15. Don’t expect to recieve Freeview in a camper in the Highlands as it aint happening.
16. People in Scotland will do almost ANYTHING to sell a car. (see photos).
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cont’d… …we managed a few beers and wen’t back to the hotel, ordered breakfast blogged and that’s all folks… catcha tomoz…. todays photos are here.
C+S
July 13th, 2006
Hellooooo……
Spooky freaky night on the campsite… major A-road just behind the hedge and train line the other side of the field… and… Cat goes the the loo at about 5:00am and someone(or thing) trys the loo door… hmmm freaky!
We called the Glenmorangie Distillery to book a tour this morning and we arranged to be there at 1:00pm an appointment that we made easily by a wide margin of 30 seconds or so.
So… Glenmorangie…. very cool place… learned all about how to make Single Malt today which could come in useful one day and even got a free dram of Cellar 13 their light whiskey.
There are some cool photies of the distillery and the stills which are the tallest in all Scotland apparently.
Unfortunately the last member of the family that owned the distillery inherited the distillery recently and decided that she didn’t want the hassle of having it so… you would think that she would sell or pass management to a Scottish company to keep it in the way it’s been run since 17-summat but… no… sold off to the highest bidder abroad… what a total shame… what we don’t get is… you need a licence to cut a tree thats in your garden but you can sell a national treasure like Glenmorangie to who you want? hmmm… summat wrong here!
Anyhow… back on track… we decided to carry on South to Inverness via Nigg and a Pictish Trail with some Pictish stones in a graveyard and church which we took in on the way(see photos) (the Kings of the ancient people of Scotland are known as The Picts to modern historians).
At Inverness we called off at Tesco to pick up supplies… now… you would think this would be a simple task, but… as we have been travelling for a while now and have been stripped of any luxuries such as shopping in a palace such as a Tesco, people fresh fruit and veg and skimmed milk… we sados spent two hours in there wandering aimlessly up and down every aisle looking at everything from pesto to panty liners(aka tom hanks… terminal). We know… sad it is… but true and at least the 1st step in our therapy is in admitting what we have done. We got tons of really cool stuff anyway…. Tesco rocks… lol!
Now… the girly card… as many of you know we have a certain affection for Aviemore and we felt that another girly-card was in order… so… a quick call to one of our favorite hotels and a dart down the A9 puts us back in Aviemore again for tonight at least… currently sat in a nice hotel room… watching TV, blogging, bothering roomservice for ice ,drinking our way through our extensive bar and looking forward to a totally good nights sleep.
Breakfast here is a no no as get this…. we aren’t allowed to wear jeans or trainiers in the dining room…. lol… why would you anyhow when you have roomservice… rock and roll!
So… gonna sign off for tonight and check out todays photos here.
Mrs+Mrs C
July 12th, 2006
Hi Guys,
As you know, last evening we camped at Wick on a small site next to a river(nice river… hmmm… nice shopping trollys!) …anyhow…. better than a layby and even had a beardy-weirdy in the toilets!
We even ventured out after blogging yesterday for a walk along the river and found a playground. Now, normally this would be limited to children of ages 10 and below but… last night Cat relived some of her childhood and rode the rocking-horse for some time… and in the rain too… i have the movie, but I won’t be posting here
After cold showers we finally dragged our sorry asses our of the site at around lunchtime and headed south to one of our favorite castles… Dunrobin Castle… which we were eager to show to Clive as he likes castles and he had never had the fortune to visit this particular one.
Dunrobin Castle is just above Golspie on a map and is like a majorly impressive place with top gardens.
The inside is a impressive and as usual in castles of this age there are many dead decapitated and stuffed animals hanging on the walls, however, what makes these special at Dunrobin is that each has a little name plate stating who shot each of them and when and where…. very impressive… “a stag versus a gun”…. hmmm… fair game… NOT…. like fishing with dynamite in our eyes and maybe not something to crow about!
Unfortunately as Dunrobin has ‘Royal’ connections visitors are not allowed to take photos inside so ther aint any to show you but we have tons from outside which is totally better in our mind anyhow.
We decided to travel down towards Inverness this evening and find a campsite which we did… just a few miles above the Glenmorangie Distillery at Tain which we want to visit tomorrow which should be fun
So… that’s all for today guys… check out todays photos are here.
Mr+Mrs C
July 11th, 2006
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