Drive north to coast 3
21. mai 2017, Skottland ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
Drive north to coast 4
21. mai 2017, Skottland ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
These were taken on the way back to Ullapool.
Durness
21. mai 2017, Skottland ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
Our northernmost destination. We felt we were standing at the top of the world, and truly we almost were. Standing on the beach we were looking directly out to the arctic circle. Almost by accident weLes mer
Torgormack, near Inverness
23. mai 2017, Skottland ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
Lovely stay at Catherine's croft. She loves jumping horses, sorry, forgot to get photos of her two horses.
Drive to Loch Ness
25. mai 2017, Skottland ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
We drove down to the south side of Loch Ness hoping to get a sight of Nessie. Also, no luck. The road we took was called General Wades Military Road. It was built in the early 1700s to assist in theLes mer
Leaving Scotland,
26. mai 2017, England ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Going back into cozy and bucolic England.
Our cozy B&B on Hexham
27. mai 2017, England ⋅ 🌧 66 °F
Morning trip to Corbridge
27. mai 2017, England ⋅ 🌧 64 °F
Small town that even has roman ruins.
Walk through Hexham to Abbey
27. mai 2017, England ⋅ 🌧 64 °F
Hexham Abbey 1
27. mai 2017, England ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
This is the first large abbey built in England. At the time it was first built in 674, it was the largest abbey north of the Alps. The abbey was totally destroyed several times. The only remainingLes mer
Hexham Abbey 2
27. mai 2017, England ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
We had our lunch at the abbey cafe.
B&B Breakfast
28. mai 2017, England ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Here is our hostess Mavis with our full English breakfast. A full English breakfast has an egg, ham, sausage, toast, tomato, mushrooms, and baked beans. We think that the baked beans must be somethingLes mer
Chester's Roman Fort and Museum
28. mai 2017, England ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Here are photos from the museum
Chester's Roman Fort and Museum
28. mai 2017, England ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Here are photos of the fort along Hadrian Wall.
Hadrian's Wall
28. mai 2017, England ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
We drove to a car park at Steel Rig to see and walk along the wall. But the parking lot was full! So I stopped the car on the road, Heather jumped out and got took a picture of the wall, and hoppedLes mer
Dinner at the The Tannery
28. mai 2017, England ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
The biscuit on top is Yorkshire Pudding.
Sherburn in Yorkshire
29. mai 2017, England ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
This is our AirBnB stay for the next four nights. It is a very lovely cottage attached to the host's house. And that round thing in the middle of the floor is the old well, covers in glass. We cannotLes mer
Pickering Castle
31. mai 2017, England ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Whitby Abbey
31. mai 2017, England ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
This is the abbey that inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula. It was lived in until the middle 1800s at which time it finally crumble into its current condition.
Sherwood Forest
2. juni 2017, England ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
We just had to visit Sherwood Forest while we were in England! But It was starting to rain so we did not walk through the park.
Walesby
2. juni 2017, England ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
One night stay near Sherwood Forest. We broke up the drive from Yorkshire to Wales not a two day drive.
Dolgallau, Wales
3. juni 2017, Wales ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
Cozy old stone cottage. We are very tired and won't do much here.
Visit to the coastal town of Barmouth
4. juni 2017, Wales ⋅ 🌧 55 °F
Lovely small coastal village smothered in vacationer's cheese.
Gordon's Birthday Cake
5. juni 2017, Wales ⋅ 🌧 57 °F
Chocolate and Guinness cake for my birthday. But the very best part of the celebration is getting to share it with Heather. My birthday present is a brand new house in Florida.
Slough, last stop before returning to US
6. juni 2017, England ⋅ 🌧 54 °F
We are staying at an AirBnB near Heathrow rather than an airport hotel. Very nice hosts and less than 20 minutes to the airport.
































































































































Annanaomi Sams
Tide out? I like these inlets,
Reisende
Yes. And gosh the sand was almost pink, and smooth as silk.