The best thing about Airbnb is the sheer variety possible. In Forgandenny I stayed with Helen in a bungalow in the countryside backing on to the Orchil hills.
Today I am here
Alison has a forth floor, two bed roomed flat in a block with no lifts. She works in Carnoustie as an events manager. Her flat is smart and bright, as is Alison. She did ten years with the TA and has served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This morning Alison sent me to Broughty Ferry, a small holiday resort on the edge of Dundee. On the pier I chatted to some fishermen.
It's 9.30 on a May Bank holiday and it's them and me. The Tay looks like a sheet of steel.
They have been here since 6am. Last Monday they caught a 4lb sea trout. That's big . I know... they showed me on their phones. They also regularly see seals and dolphins.
It's a day off today. As I left the harbour I saw the boys come out to play.
Today I am doing a round trip.
First stop Kirriemuir to see the tiny house where the author JM Barrie was born in 1860.
He was one of ten children. His mother used to tell stories round the fire and the outside wash house was his first theatre.
What a sweet house.
Helen had told me about some carved standing stones at Aberlemnon. I found them easily because they are obvious, just off the road by the village hall.
Next stop the House of Dun, a Georgian mansion near Montrose. The House of Dun is an 18th century William Adams House designed to impress.
It has some extraordinary plasterwork that took the Dutch plaster artist 14 years to complete.
It had lovely gardens
A game larder.
And fire engines.
And firemen
and everyone leave the house and cafe NOW please!!!!!
False alarm. A SPIDER set off an alarm in one of the holiday flats!
The house has views down towards the Montrose Basin.
It is a vast wildlife reserve with a visitor and information centre.
Arbroath is last stop looking for supper. Didn't find any except fish and chips. Gave up and went back to Dundee and walked along the Quayside.
The Victoria and Albert Museum is building a design centre there. The Discovery is also there in all her glory. Dundee is saying she is on the up. Perhaps that's true. Time will tell.
And I found supper, Great! Not fish and chips.
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