Blogs of Dalmally

In homage to fellow friend and blogger Daniel, I'm picking a town in the U.K. to learn about.

I started with the birthplace of Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. Prestatyn, Wales calls itself the "family fun centre of North Wales" where people go on vacation to build sandcastles and take donkeyrides. Definitely not equivalent to Wyoming.

Tony Blair himself is from Edinburgh and Durham, cities as understated as Texas.

Finally, I hit upon Dalmally, birthplace of former Labour Party leader John Smith. Despite my ignorance of British politics, it's a good excuse to learn more about "undiscovered Scotland."

There's something about ending a travel guide to a city with the sentence: "Most people en route from Tyndrum to Oban will probably pass by Dalmally without really noticing it, but like so many highland settlements it repays exploration."

I'm off to explore the blogs of Dalmally.