Europe2023

September 2023 - May 2024

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- Oct 14, 2023, 1:00pm
- ☀️ 9 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- Scotland Stirling Causewayhead Allan Water 56.12844, -3.93195856°7’42” N 3°55’55” W
Day 30–32
STIRLING - Stewart and Debs
October 14, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Visited the Falkirk wheel with Janice and Neil on the way to Stirling.
Great time catching up with Stewart and Debs. Mostly involved great chats, quite a lot of rugby watching, lively meals. Great walk up Ben A'an abs quick trip to the Deanston distillery.
Very grateful for the support of Good friends who are just like family.Read more
Traveler Great to see you both again! Lovely weekend. Glad we got some good views from Ben A'an. Hope to see you next year. Enjoy Whitby!
10/16/23Reply
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- Oct 11, 2023, 1:00pm
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 36 m
- Scotland Glasgow City Finnieston University of Glasgow 55.870685, -4.28740255°52’14” N 4°17’15” W
Day 27–30
Glasgow & Edinburgh
October 11, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Visit with Janice and Neil after a quick stop in Dumfries to see Robbie Burns house. A really relaxed few days catching up while seeing a little of the local towns.
Great company and a nice place to settle into a little peace.
Edinburgh castle was a highlight, extremely impressive with multiple displays and museums and great history and viewsRead more
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- Oct 10, 2023, 1:30pm
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 79 m
- England Allerdale District Keswick 54.594892, -3.13997554°35’42” N 3°8’24” W
Day 26
Lake district Keswick
October 10, 2023 in England ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
I'd been having headaches for a week and then noticed some lesions on my head. Discovered i had opthalmic shingles and so our holiday was disrupted while i tried to get treatment. Shortened our stay after some quick walking and driving around the area. Still a georgeous area and will have to return one day for some walks.Read more
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- Oct 9, 2023, 1:30am
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 310 m
- England High Peak District Buxton Buxton Railway Station 53.259002, -1.91156753°15’32” N 1°54’42” W
Day 25–26
Buxton
October 9, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
A nice wee town for an overnight in the way north. Visited the spa town renowned for its healing waters in history. Went through the Buxton Crescent and had a great Thai dinner.
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- Oct 7, 2023, 8:30pm
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 102 m
- England Littlebury Strethall 52.036771, 0.16412252°2’12” N 0°9’51” E
Day 23
Saffron Walden and Cambridge
October 7, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
A big change to the timetable with Israel off the books and generous friends coming to the rescue.
A lovely dinner and late night chatting followed by a day of walking the local area and a visit to Cambridge with knowledgeable guides and a lovely lunch by the river.
Also helped with planning the next stages of a new holiday timetable to take in the lake district and Scotland.Read more
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- Oct 5, 2023, 2:45am
- 🌙 16 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- Italy Veneto Venice Sestière di Dorsoduro Campo Santa Margherita 45.435768, 12.32163745°26’9” N 12°19’18” E
Day 21
Venice
October 5, 2023 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
2 nights in a Camping cabin just outside the island. Bused in each day.
Walked the city in the late afternoon of the first day with a walk down to the Marco Polo Square.
2nd day was a walk around a lot of the feature buildings and experience the Venice culture.
Annie got her new Italian leather bag.Read more
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- Oct 4, 2023, 2:30pm
- 🌧 12 °C
- Altitude: 26 m
- Scotland Glasgow City Anniesland 55.888508, -4.3347555°53’19” N 4°20’5” W
Day 20
Trogir and Zadar
October 4, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Traveled north again stopping at another historic old town of Trogir (just north of Split) and then on to Zadar
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- Oct 3, 2023, 2:00pm
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 26 m
- Scotland Glasgow City Anniesland 55.888508, -4.3347555°53’19” N 4°20’5” W
Day 19
Ston
October 3, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Stopped off at Brela a stunning beach village then on to Ston a Small village in the south about 90 minutes north of Dubrovnik.
We decided to just stay local and wandered around the old town.
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- Oct 1, 2023, 2:25pm
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 19 m
- Croatia Splitsko-Dalmatinska Županija Grad Split Dubrava 43.502805, 16.482943°30’10” N 16°28’58” E
Day 17
Split
October 1, 2023 in Croatia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Drove directly to Split from Krk. Mostly a coastal road with rugged coastline except for periodic small townships dotted down the coast. Then inland to the autobahn and a quick dash south.
Split is very old with the old town established by the Roman's in the 3rd century. Initially the main parts constructed by emperor Diocletian after they took it over from the greeks.
Kronos he percussion the Christians but today's churches were built over the top of the Roman temples!
First day Annie and Agnes went for a swim and then we went down town and wandered around the old town before fish and chips at an Irish pub!
Walked about 8.5 km
Second day. A quiet day as we decided to have a rest day. Reading books and lying on the beach. Pasta dinner at apartment. Beer on the beach, coffee and overcame at a nice bar with a view. Walked about 4 km.

Last week have completed 56500 steps!Read more
Thanks for the update (photos and history), so good to see you are enjoying the time! [Hennie]
10/6/23Reply
Traveler You are obviously packing a lot into your trip and photos are great and lots of blue sky and sunshine. Good to keep up with your travels.
10/7/23Reply
Just checking in to see how you are doing. Did you manage to make it back to the UK safe? [In]
10/10/23Reply
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- Sep 30, 2023, 2:30pm
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- Croatia Primorsko-Goranska Županija Krk 45.027914, 14.57282945°1’40” N 14°34’22” E
Day 16
KRK
September 30, 2023 in Croatia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Stopped of at a little coastal spot for coffee. Opatija, turned out to have some event on and got stuck in traffic but the walk along the Bayside was nice and Agnes had a great avocado today breakfast.
Krk was a surprise. A small coastal town on an island off the coast.
The island was really rugged on the way in but the town was lovely.
If we had known what it was like we would have stayed longer.
Had a lovely host couple and a beautiful apartment. Just relaxed, enjoyed the view, with Annie cooking a nice dinner.
Strolled the town, went swimming and generally relaxed.

Decided that we have probably tried to see too many towns but can't change it now so will just enjoy the travel scenery.

Walked 8kmRead more
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