Drive north to coast 3
21 мая 2017 г., Шотландия ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
Drive north to coast 4
21 мая 2017 г., Шотландия ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
These were taken on the way back to Ullapool.
Durness
21 мая 2017 г., Шотландия ⋅ ☀️ 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 weЧитать далее
Torgormack, near Inverness
23 мая 2017 г., Шотландия ⋅ ⛅ 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 мая 2017 г., Шотландия ⋅ ☀️ 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 theЧитать далее
Leaving Scotland,
26 мая 2017 г., Англия ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Going back into cozy and bucolic England.
Our cozy B&B on Hexham
27 мая 2017 г., Англия ⋅ 🌧 66 °F
Morning trip to Corbridge
27 мая 2017 г., Англия ⋅ 🌧 64 °F
Small town that even has roman ruins.
Walk through Hexham to Abbey
27 мая 2017 г., Англия ⋅ 🌧 64 °F
Hexham Abbey 1
27 мая 2017 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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 remainingЧитать далее
Hexham Abbey 2
27 мая 2017 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
We had our lunch at the abbey cafe.
B&B Breakfast
28 мая 2017 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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 somethingЧитать далее
Chester's Roman Fort and Museum
28 мая 2017 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Here are photos from the museum
Chester's Roman Fort and Museum
28 мая 2017 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Here are photos of the fort along Hadrian Wall.
Hadrian's Wall
28 мая 2017 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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 hoppedЧитать далее
Dinner at the The Tannery
28 мая 2017 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
The biscuit on top is Yorkshire Pudding.
Sherburn in Yorkshire
29 мая 2017 г., Англия ⋅ ☁️ 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 cannotЧитать далее
Pickering Castle
31 мая 2017 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Whitby Abbey
31 мая 2017 г., Англия ⋅ ☀️ 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 июня 2017 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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 июня 2017 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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 июня 2017 г., Уэльс ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
Cozy old stone cottage. We are very tired and won't do much here.
Visit to the coastal town of Barmouth
4 июня 2017 г., Уэльс ⋅ 🌧 55 °F
Lovely small coastal village smothered in vacationer's cheese.
Gordon's Birthday Cake
5 июня 2017 г., Уэльс ⋅ 🌧 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 июня 2017 г., Англия ⋅ 🌧 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,
Путешественник
Yes. And gosh the sand was almost pink, and smooth as silk.