Free promo night

No, not free porno night!

jeez!

It's always good to have a free promo night and this one was no exception. One of the tour companies for whom we sell tours to the travellers sent a group of people from different hostels off on a boat trip to one of the islands in the Firth of Forth. All the food annnnd the alcohol was free :) not to mention the day tour and the guides (the trip we did is an actual tour you can buy as a customer). After meeting in town it was off on the bus to the Firth to find our boat.

This is where we hopped aboard by the Forth bridge (a mini replica of the golden gate bridge, you can see this bridge from a distance in my crammond island post earlier)

As you can see it's a bit cloudy at the moment, I think I've been living in the land of the never ending cloud/fog/mist for the last 2 weeks but it is warming up. Once aboard it was burgers and cocktails followed by free bar and making our way to Inchcolm island. On the island there is an old, old abbey which i don't know what they used to do there. There is still one fella living there keeping things in reasonable shape.

More importantly once we docked at the 'jetty' it was off to the speed boat for the first 12 people to go check out some more islands, seals and puffins. I don't need to mention that i was on the first trip in the fun boat and grabbed the prime front seats for the view. Now here is the where we got to...

Our vessel, note my seats on the front

Our friends the seals

The 'floating' Lighthouse

The other island of interest...whatsitsname. During the first world war it was built upon so that to approaching enemy ships it would look like a British battleship guarding the harbour and be scary...boo

And here are the Puffins! There are 5 in this picture, find them. They're really small but they've cool orange beaks and feet

2 puffins a little closer

So after getting back to Inchcolm island it was time to explore the abbey. With half human sized arches leading into mazes of pitch black rooms it was a little freaky but more fun with a group of drunken people. It took me about 10 minutes to find the secret passageway to the hidden stairs that lead to the roof but finally i got there and waved to the others who had already started to make their way back to the boat after it had blown it's horn once, one quick picture and a wave later it was back down the unlit stairwell and a short run to the jetty.

The Abbey 12th or 13th century we were told...and the Internet agrees, 12th century

The view from the top, note other people much closer to the boat

The way down the hidden pitch black stairway. Yes i was using the cameras' flash. No person who has had a 'few' drinks should be trying to make their way down the stairs whilst taking a photo and holding a drink, remember children it's not safe.

So after all that we went back into town partied some more got back to the hostel partied some more then woke up in the morn...afternoon.

I think that was my longest post yet.