The Adventure Begins
11. August 2024 in England ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Our adventure begins with Neil & Michelle taking us to the airport. We checked in at Auckland to find we were given seats in Row 75, we joked that it was obviously at the back of the plane, only toWeiterlesen
Off to SCOTLAND
11. August 2024 in Schottland ⋅ 🌩️ 22 °C
Bucket List objective was our desire to visit the land of the MacKenzies. Tick it off baby!
We had a good night's sleep and then some breakfast with actually good coffee (expensive $10nzd each) andWeiterlesen
The Real Mary King’s Close
12. August 2024 in Schottland ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Awarded as one of the UKs top tourist attractions.
In 1753 the Town Council of Edinburgh decided to build a new Royal Exchange (now the City Chambers) and to do so they simply built over the top ofWeiterlesen
Edinburgh Walk About
12. August 2024 in Schottland ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Spent the rest of the day walking and exploring Edinburgh.
🚶 To Edinburgh Castle but sadly tickets sold out to go in.
🚶 Found an arty market, and Lyn didn’t buying anything 🥲
🚶 ThroughWeiterlesen
Palace of Holyroodhouse
12. August 2024 in Schottland ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
12. August 2024 in Schottland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Wonderful evening spent up at the Edinburgh Castle witnessing the famous Military Tattoo.
Lots of bagpipes, brass bands, marching, dancing, saluting, rifle throwing.
Made some new friends as we satWeiterlesen
H.M.S. Britannia
13. August 2024 in Schottland ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
For the first time in many many years we took a public transport bus ride. Who knew you could get Google Map directions for buses? Just never cared about it before. The Bus stop was just outside theWeiterlesen
Tea and Scones
13. August 2024 in Schottland ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
When on the Royal Yacht Britannia one must have Tea and Scones in the Royal Deck Tearoom.
While in Scotland ...
14. August 2024 in Schottland ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Someone bought a beautiful soft cashmere scarf ...
Someone bought a MacKenzie kilt. For formal occasions like up coming family weddings. ...
Someone bought some bagpipes ...
National Museum of Scotland
14. August 2024 in Schottland ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Spent a couple of very interesting hours at the National Museum of Scotland, specifically going through the history of Scotland.
Train from Edinburgh to York
14. August 2024 in England ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Left our stay in Edinburgh to stop off at York for a day.
The Principal York
14. August 2024 in England ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Stayed at the Principal York, a very grand old hotel. Main reason for staying here is location, in that it is right beside the train station and a short distance into the old York town.
Old York Town
15. August 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
What an unexpected but amazing place to visit. Old York Town is within the medieval stone walls of the city. It's streets are a labyrinth of cobbled streets all vibrant with colour.
Shambles St is oneWeiterlesen
York Minster
15. August 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Visited York Minster, one of the great cathedrals of the world. Amazing feat of engineering and architecture for something first built in 1230.
Train to London and a London Cab
15. August 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Having spent the morning walking around York some more, such an interesting place, we took the train back down to London.
Another of our To Do's was to catch a classic London black cab. And we didWeiterlesen
London Walk About ... to be continued
16. August 2024 in England ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Set out on our big day to explore as many London landmarks as we could ... all on foot:
🇬🇧 Eye of London
🇬🇧 Big Ben and Parliament Buildings
🇬🇧 Westminster Abby
🇬🇧 St James'Weiterlesen
continued ... London Walk About ...
16. August 2024 in England ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Walk About continued:
🇬🇧 Green Park
🇬🇧 The NZ War Memorial. Paul especially found it rather moving.
🇬🇧 At Hyde Park It was reported that Lady Lyn was seen sharing an Ice Cream downWeiterlesen
While in Harrods ...
16. August 2024 in England ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Lady Lyn and the Scottish scoundrel seen having Tea and Scones.
Someone bought something in a little bag ... from the Christmas Dept.
continued ... London Walk About
16. August 2024 in England ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Walk About continued;
🇬🇧 The Ritz.
🇬🇧 Piccadilly Circus.
🇬🇧 Trafalgar Square.
🇬🇧 To Shoreditch district where we found Logan and shared a cocktail with him.
🇬🇧 No moreWeiterlesen
Banksy
16. August 2024 in England ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Came across a Banksy on our walk one evening to meet Logan.
Diddly Squat Farm
17. August 2024 in England ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
We decided we'd like to look outside of London and visit The Cotswolds and Diddly Squat, of the TV show Clarkson’s Farm, being in the same area.
We put our explorer skills to the test on this day,Weiterlesen
The Cotswolds
17. August 2024 in England ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
On Lyn's list of things to do, visit the Cotswolds. The Cotswolds is a rural area in England with a number of very old and very quaint and picturesque towns.
We visited threeWeiterlesen
The Cotswolds … Bibury
17. August 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
continued … London Walk About
18. August 2024 in England ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
New day and more walking, this time in the other direction from our hotel:
🇬🇧 Borough Market
🇬🇧 Golden Hinde ( Francis Drake's ship)
🇬🇧 Shakespeare Globe
🇬🇧 St Paul’s Cathedral
🇬🇧 London Courts
Lyn goes to the Theatre
18. August 2024 in England ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We split up for the afternoon. Lyn went to the theater to see 'The Lion King'. Thoroughly enjoyed it especially the amazing costumes.































































































































































































