Carriden Brae in Bo'Ness. The very epitome of why my wife & I sometimes prefer to just pop in and scout out a Bed & Breakfast rather than book one days, weeks or even months in advance. This is the one that we booked while in that small, charming Hamlet watching a parade of children. Carriden House was a perfect place to spend the last night with our loving Ginger. The next morning we were to take her to Edinburgh for her flight back to the U.S. Carriden House was originally a 16th century 5-story tower house. It has since been expanded & modernized. Most of the interior was unavailable to us as the house is in the process of revitalization and the remaining original portion of the house is completely off-limits as it is the private residence of the owners. However, the parts that are available to the guests are delightful. I hope to someday return here and witness the completed restoration. At that time, I hope also to spend more time in Bo'ness proper as it is, by all accounts, a fascinating location. Bo'ness (complete name is Borrowstounness) sits on the River Forth and it is here that the Antonine Wall begins. James Watt also developed the steam engine in this, the Jewel in the Crown of Falkirk. I'm sure many more interesting tidbits of architectural and archaeological history would surface with just a wee bit of digging.
Arsenal travel to Madrid for the first of a two-leg tie against Real Madrid for Champions League glory. We travel without much of our first team squad out due to injury. But, as bad as our injury situation is we have to be thankful that none of our players suffered the sort of horrific long-term injury that befell Alan Smith of Manchester United on the weekend. Self-inflicted as it was, it remains "the worst injury" Alex Ferguson has ever seen. The hope is that he will be back in nine-months time. That's my hope. No player deserves the kind of pain & misery he must be feeling right now. All the best, Alan & hopes for a speedy come-back to the top-flight.
Wastrel On!
(Listening to: Explosions Polka by Johann Strauss)
20.2.06
Carriden House in Bo'Ness
Carriden Brae in Bo'Ness. The very epitome of why my wife & I sometimes prefer to just pop in and scout out a Bed & Breakfast rather than book one days, weeks or even months in advance. This is the one that we booked while in that small, charming Hamlet watching a parade of children. Carriden House was a perfect place to spend the last night with our loving Ginger. The next morning we were to take her to Edinburgh for her flight back to the U.S. Carriden House was originally a 16th century 5-story tower house. It has since been expanded & modernized. Most of the interior was unavailable to us as the house is in the process of revitalization and the remaining original portion of the house is completely off-limits as it is the private residence of the owners. However, the parts that are available to the guests are delightful. I hope to someday return here and witness the completed restoration. At that time, I hope also to spend more time in Bo'ness proper as it is, by all accounts, a fascinating location. Bo'ness (complete name is Borrowstounness) sits on the River Forth and it is here that the Antonine Wall begins. James Watt also developed the steam engine in this, the Jewel in the Crown of Falkirk. I'm sure many more interesting tidbits of architectural and archaeological history would surface with just a wee bit of digging.
Arsenal travel to Madrid for the first of a two-leg tie against Real Madrid for Champions League glory. We travel without much of our first team squad out due to injury. But, as bad as our injury situation is we have to be thankful that none of our players suffered the sort of horrific long-term injury that befell Alan Smith of Manchester United on the weekend. Self-inflicted as it was, it remains "the worst injury" Alex Ferguson has ever seen. The hope is that he will be back in nine-months time. That's my hope. No player deserves the kind of pain & misery he must be feeling right now. All the best, Alan & hopes for a speedy come-back to the top-flight.
Wastrel On!
(Listening to: Explosions Polka by Johann Strauss)
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