Last weekend, we (my husband and I) had a little overnight stay at Doubletree by Hilton Dunblane Hydro. This was a wee treat since Christmas had been a bit of a whirlwind because of my diagnosis. We booked on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis. We had stayed in this hotel before but it was around 9 years ago The hotel looks very spectacular on the drive up from the main road. There was no parking spaces left at the front but there was plenty of parking space at the back. A few people arrived to check in at the same time as us but we were checked in promptly and the receptionist was friendly. We were given a warm cookie each when we checked in which was a nice touch. At first I thought I might not eat the cookie as I had no idea about the carbs but I was delighted when I seen that the nutritional information was on the bag the cookie came in. I actually didn't inject any insulin for the cookie because we decided to head straight to the leisure facilities in the hotel and I thought th
Friday night's dinner was at one of our usual haunts... The Park Hotel, Falkirk. The Park Hotel offers 2 courses for £14 or 3 courses for £16 and the menu changes almost every day. They always have the same staples such as Steak Pie, Lasagne, Fish and Chips etc and then a few other different things. We hadn't booked but managed to get a table straight away - it was very quiet for a Friday evening but I suppose that has to be expected on 20th January. I'm still a tad wary since my diagnosis of ordering "draught" fizzy drinks in case they don't give me 'diet' when I ask for it so I opted for a Diet Irn Bru as it comes in a can. For my starter I chose the Salsa Nachos. I was that hungry that I ate them as soon as they arrived at the table without taking a picture - I had been checking my background insulin (Levemir) in the afternoon so had nothing to eat from breakfast (around 8am) and this was now around 6.30pm. This was my first meal using Fiasp insulin