Honeymoon Crashers - Scotland

Today the gang arrived! Ally, Erik, Lori and myself met Cody, Niki, Rick, Sarah, Chris, and Carl at Buchanan Station in Glasgow and then we bought our bus tickets to Moffat. We had a couple hours to kill before the bus arrived so we found breakfast for the starving travellers. While they were eating, Ally got a free makeover at the Body Shop because she was advertising herself as a bride.

Then the ten of us got on our bus to Moffat and checked into the Black Bull Hotel and Pub where we first met our friend Steve, who never sleeps, and is the best barman/concierge/bellman/manager you can ask for.

I took Niki on a tour of Moffat with Rick and Cody. Niki was itching for a Tour by Laura, but seeing all of Moffat took less than an hour. Eventually more guests arrived and we partied in the pub. It was super fun, of course.

Once everyone arrived we decided to go around the room and have everyone introduce themselves. There were some good stories - Cody said he liked Ally long before he met me. Niki said the only reason she was there was to steal Erik and ruin the wedding, and she just brought her husband as a cover. Erik's baby brother Ricky stood up and said "Hi, I'm Ricky, and I'm an alcoholic" which had the room howling. It was pretty much impossible for anyone to top that.  We kept the drinks coming and celebrated the upcoming wedding into the early night.

About this time, Uncle Garry decided the men should be taking Erik out for his stag so they left the Black Bull Pub to hit all four bars in Moffat. We decided to take advantage of this and left the put to take Ally on her hen night. We ended up in the building directly beside our hotel, a bar owned by the hotel. We drank, played darts, and watched the moms dance the night away before the men showed up and crashed our party. This turned out to be a good thing though because they bought us drinks and gave the moms dance partners.