Penniless, threatened with arrest and up BEINN DORAIN
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:27 pm
We were up and away in good time leaving from Cowdenbeath heading for Bridge of Orchy to climb Beinn Dorain and its neighbour Beinn an Dothaidh. All was going well, feeling fresh for a Saturday morning, and certainly in better fettle than last Saturday , when suddenly I was faced with potential arrest and confined to a petrol station shop check-out area!
I was informed that I would be reported to the Bobbys the second I left the shop as I had filled up the mondeo with diesel and had no cash or cards! This was up in Perth, so hardly round the corner. I had very untypically put my cagoule on at home leaving my normal jacket over the banister. Valerie came in wondering what was I up to now, to discover I was under shop arrest! And she was eager to get to the mountains.....her reaction was "Bod! Call the police yourself, at which point the manager offered that I could call a friend and he would take card details. After calling around and ringing phones of my good friends at 7.40am on a Saturday morning I resolved this situation and was granted FREEDOM! (This was not the end of my suffering though for having nae cash today, read on!) I knew from the outset as we left Bridge of Orchy Hotel that nae money meant nae beer after the walk! This was also a pub that needed my visiting as I had never been in before and I had been looking forward to a wee Shandy to revive me for the trip home! (Also, in the back of mind was fish n'chips!) Driving by the Real Food Stop I also thought of going in and asking for credit! We tend to drop in here and always leave well fed and happy. But tonight I had to share a packet of crisps and a boost bar rather than a braw fish supper or a venison burger...mmmmm. All and all yet another fantastic day out in the Scottish landscape!
I was informed that I would be reported to the Bobbys the second I left the shop as I had filled up the mondeo with diesel and had no cash or cards! This was up in Perth, so hardly round the corner. I had very untypically put my cagoule on at home leaving my normal jacket over the banister. Valerie came in wondering what was I up to now, to discover I was under shop arrest! And she was eager to get to the mountains.....her reaction was "Bod! Call the police yourself, at which point the manager offered that I could call a friend and he would take card details. After calling around and ringing phones of my good friends at 7.40am on a Saturday morning I resolved this situation and was granted FREEDOM! (This was not the end of my suffering though for having nae cash today, read on!) I knew from the outset as we left Bridge of Orchy Hotel that nae money meant nae beer after the walk! This was also a pub that needed my visiting as I had never been in before and I had been looking forward to a wee Shandy to revive me for the trip home! (Also, in the back of mind was fish n'chips!) Driving by the Real Food Stop I also thought of going in and asking for credit! We tend to drop in here and always leave well fed and happy. But tonight I had to share a packet of crisps and a boost bar rather than a braw fish supper or a venison burger...mmmmm. All and all yet another fantastic day out in the Scottish landscape!