Off to Scotland tomorrow

I think I'm just good with accents, I rarely have problems following them, maybe it comes from growing up in a multi racial town?

I used to love Rab. C. Nesbit

I like Glasgow, the few times I've been there, it's got a nice feel to it, or the bits I went to did.

TheCatWoman said:

I actually find a Scottish accent quite easy to understant, even a drunk native Gaelic speaker

My friend used to watch Rab C. Nesbitt with subtitles, but I never had a problem understanding him. Maybe we're just used to trying harder to understand what people are saying and to follow conversations.

Glasgow well a small town just outside Glasgow. 

Where abouts in Scotland was it? I actually find a Scottish accent quite easy to understant, even a drunk native Gaelic speaker!

It was great lovely wedding and I think my mum was happy for my dad she might have passed away and my parents loved each other but my mum would have been smiling that day. It was hard to understand the Scottish accent though lol but it was a nice weekend away. 

How was Scotland?  

Take a bus to Yorker snd see Les porter(I think his name didn’t always rhyme with toner he changed it to fit in or something) go have a party on top of the finestan crane and if the police come just use the death slide to get down 

and remember when asked what’s heavier a kilogram of steel or a kilogram of feathers rhe correct answer is steel … becuase steel is heavier than feathers 

I made the journey up it was so long though. Left Swansea at 7 in the morning then got to Glasgow at 4. I had to make my dad stop a few times because I was getting restless but we got up ok. Arrived at the house and I met Sheila my dad’s partners side of the family. Lucy was playing with the 2 year old great grandson she such a gentle dog. Then we had fish and chips and I’m now checked in at the hotel which unfortunately is close to Glasgow airport and tomorrow is the big day back home on Sunday then. 

If the car has bluetooth or USB, you can play a few podcast episodes over the stereo from your phone. On long trips, I like to queue up a few episodes to pass the time. Ologies with Alie Ward is one of my favourites. An audio book might also be a good option, as you won't get motion sickness.

It's hard to beat an old game of "I spy".

I drove from Anglesey to Edinburgh once. Long old trip. Pick a few towns or cities along the way and stop off for a bit of sightseeing for an hour or so each (and breakfast, second breakfast, brunch, lunch, afternoon tea, tea, dinner, supper, etc.). It will break the trip up in a way that far more interesting that sitting in motorway services.

Rach91 said:

How can I keep myself entertained?

I would recommend against trying to read as the constant movement in the car makes it hard work for the eyes to keep the position and it is likely to give nasty headaches.

Instead I load a batch of TV shows or films onto my iPad or laptop and watch these with headphones.

However, since your dad is coming all that way to get you then the socially expected thing to do is to talk with him, share some quality father / daughter time and show you care about the things going on in his life.

If you need to start the trip in the early hours of the morning then try to sleep a bit when the trip starts and keep yourself in the routine sleep-wise. This way you will be awake as normal even when you arrive.

I would think of a long list of things to talk about with your dad, especially around the wedding and also about your plans, but keep the main focus on him since it is his big day and he is doing all that driving.

Perhaps practice conversations with him, listen to see if you can spot a hook to ask a question about what he said? Don't talk about you unless asked and see if you can let him do most of the talking.

Once the wedding starts then he will probably be really busy so you can focus more on yourself then.

That would be my approach rather than keeping myself to myself with entertainment. If I was travelling alone then it is a ditterent story.