23 October

Mercury has turned direct, and it's time to move on. I've been here at Loch Lomond Youth Hostel, Auchendennan House, for 3 weeks now. It's become rather home in that time. I'll miss it, and the people here.

For now, I'm heading to Tarbert, on Loch Fyne, to work in a smoked salmon packing plant for the next 6-8 weeks. They eat smoked salmon here at Christmas, like we do turkey in the States.