Dundee was about two hours drive from North Berwick, so it was not really a close place to visit, but we wanted to see the new V&A Museum.
We started our visit with a lovely, long walk in Camperdown Park (a place we used to regularly walk our last dogs, Tess and Henry, when we lived in the city). The cafe in the park was extremely busy with half term coinciding with our week off! It was so sunny and warm that we were able to sit at a table outside with Brock.
We drove into the city centre and had the usual kerfuffle finding somewhere to park. We ended up in the East Whale Street car park: about 10 minutes walk from the new V&A.
My first impression of the building was that it was striking, set next to the 'silvery Tay' and also in its own pond of reflective water, it resembled a huge ship. The interior was less impressive: a large open space with a mezzanine level to access the galleries. On the ground floor there was a cafe and shop (the latter seen from above in the photograph above).
The queue to get into the galleries was a mile long, so we decided to go on to the McManus Gallery instead. The McManus Gallery is definitely well worth a visit if you are in the area.
We had lunch at Fisher & Donaldson (another old haunt of ours) where I had soup (the only gluten free, vegetarian item on the menu!) and Rob had a cheese salad roll. We bought cakes to take away. (Coffee tower for Rob - a choux bun with creamy filling and coffee icing; and a pack of miniature, gluten free fudge doughnuts for me).
Back in North Berwick, we had dinner at the dog-friendly Ship Inn (a huge halloumi salad for me; vegetable curry and rice for Rob) The food was pretty good, but quite expensive. I had an ice cream from the Gelateria Alandas nearby (double espresso and salted caramel - absolutely delicious!).
Brock (and we) had six walks today, so a good night's sleep for us all.
We started our visit with a lovely, long walk in Camperdown Park (a place we used to regularly walk our last dogs, Tess and Henry, when we lived in the city). The cafe in the park was extremely busy with half term coinciding with our week off! It was so sunny and warm that we were able to sit at a table outside with Brock.
We drove into the city centre and had the usual kerfuffle finding somewhere to park. We ended up in the East Whale Street car park: about 10 minutes walk from the new V&A.
The queue to get into the galleries was a mile long, so we decided to go on to the McManus Gallery instead. The McManus Gallery is definitely well worth a visit if you are in the area.
We had lunch at Fisher & Donaldson (another old haunt of ours) where I had soup (the only gluten free, vegetarian item on the menu!) and Rob had a cheese salad roll. We bought cakes to take away. (Coffee tower for Rob - a choux bun with creamy filling and coffee icing; and a pack of miniature, gluten free fudge doughnuts for me).
Back in North Berwick, we had dinner at the dog-friendly Ship Inn (a huge halloumi salad for me; vegetable curry and rice for Rob) The food was pretty good, but quite expensive. I had an ice cream from the Gelateria Alandas nearby (double espresso and salted caramel - absolutely delicious!).
Brock (and we) had six walks today, so a good night's sleep for us all.
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