UK/Spain 2024 Part 5: Loch Dunmore and Pitlochry

Hi friends.

Not sure how four months passed since my last post, but this is where we are at. Things have been a lot, both in life and also in the world. And I know a lot of us are reeling after the events of last week. So I come to you with my humble offering of a little slice of Scotland. It's pretty there.

We had a very cute breakfast the next morning, a variety of yoghurts with fresh berries and granola, as well as some vegan croissants. My favourite of the yoghurts was the Alpro strawberry yoghurt. I LOVE Alpro yoghurt and am very sad I can't get it at home anymore.





One of the best things about living with Jojo is that food is always served very cute, and we made these adorable little yoghurt glasses for ourselves.



After breakfast, we drove out to Loch Dunmore, a very small and pretty little loch. We took a slow walk around it, which didn't take long, but the scenery was lovely.





Lego Ed and Stede enjoyed the trip as well!



I love moss.



After that we went to the nearby town of Pitlochry. Like almost every place I went to visit in Scotland, it was sooooo pretty!



We poked around the town for a bit, and I bought some postcards to send to friends. There were so many pretty flowers out, growing in gardens or on the sidewalk.



We walked around to see the dam and the fish ladder. We spent a bit of time watching the salmoncam (an underwater camera so you can see the fish swimming by) but there were no fishy friends in the ten minutes that we waited. We walked up and over the dam, which had more lovely views.



We were feeling a bit peckish after our little adventure. There are a number of vegan-friendly places in Pitlochry! Jojo recommended we go to Jessie's, a lovely little cafe. They have a separate vegan menu, that has a number of things on it for both their all day breakfast and for lunch. I was very tempted by some of the things on there, but ultimately we were only in the mood for something lighter. We got iced lattes (matcha for Jojo, turmeric for me) and shared a piece of vegan blackberry crumble slice from their bakery display. I would really like to go back to this place again, it was super cute!



Then it was back to Jojo's place, where we spent an afternoon watching Our Flag Means Death and Jojo made a lovely Sesame Soy Tofu Bowl for dinner.



And we also had some jam doughnuts (I think we bought these from Tesco but I might be lying, we may have gotten them from another shop on the way back from Pitlochry...)



That's it for now! I will be back with more of my trip, hopefully without another four months passing. I have a shameful confession to make. I was trying to catch up on blog posts from everyone but it was too overwhelming and I fell too far behind, so I have had to just go clean slate and start picking up from your most current blog posts. If anything major has happened in your life, please let me know, I care! I miss my blogger friends.

Speaking of major things, my PhD is finally officially over! Found out two weeks ago. Certificate is in my possession, languishing in my cupboard where it will live forever. No more PhD!

Cute Kitty Photo of the Post



Jojo's cat Peps, being very tolerant of me adoring her... from a respectful distance, of course!