First stop, Warlaby Lodge in Yorkshire.
Not exactly Scotland, but an easy first day on the road. 243 miles in 3:47 (I left before sunrise and didn't see a car for hours). I get to spend the afternoon playing golf with Raul & Archie, the evening sampling Serena's magic potions, and the night at their amazing house.
I wake up the next morning wondering if I shouldn't just stay with them for a week and forgo the entire road trip. It'd be like Club Med in Yorkshire. A week eating 6500 calories a day of the best Yorkshire sausages, piles of eggs from the farm down the road, salads & potions from Serena's gardens. A week of golfing, playing pool, shooting black crows with a rifle while slightly intoxicated, teaching Jack and Poppy (below) to stop licking the gunk between my toes.
A great week, for sure. But I've got the hitch for Scotland. Gotta go. PS: Every time I leave their house, we take a selfie.
I fuckin' love'em.