What a bloody horrible day yet again, very strong winds and driving rain, not going out of the house for anything.
Saturday was the usual wee run in the car for Hazel and I and we decided to travel East, towards Edinburgh. Half an hour later we arrived at Kirk o" Shotts, Kirk being the church of the village of Shotts.
The Kirk was founded in the reign of James III, in 1476, and was called St. Catherine’s Chapel. The present church- the wee kirk without a steeple, and wi’ the wee doo-cote belfry- was erected between 1819 and 1821.
Shotts is roughly half way between Glasgow and Edinburgh along side the M8 motorway and follows the original road built by the Romans. It is also the highest point of the road and the site for the television transmitters.
Moving on we passed Shotts Prison, no photos were taken, and eventually reached Livingstone, a town in West Lothian, and then Hazel noticed "McArthurGlen Designer Outlet". We parked.
Returning to the car about an hour later with our buys, she had a saucepan, and I had a new baking tray and a new loo brush. And home for dinner.
Now, I must go out, I have run out of cigarettes.
25/02/08 @ 16:57