Scotland the brave!

We have made it up through England all the way to the ruggard north! We have had so many awesome adventures along our way starting with Bath where we stayed with the nicest family at the Bloomfield B&B. There we saw the Roman baths, visited Jane Austin museum, took a bus tour to stone henge and surrounding area. A highlight was going to watch cricket games where the children from our host family played, and we taught them a bit of BYC!

From there, we took a bus up to Birmingham where we stayed with Stacey (a NP girl) for 2 nights, did a sweet pub quiz and sampled some of the Indian cuisine. Unfortunatly we missed our bus from here and ended up having to pay for a train to Huntingdon to visit Andrew's family friends 'The Moesbauer family'. We had a great time catching up there and couldn't believe how much the kids had grown.

Next, it was off to see the Vikings! Spent a few nights in York, a beautiful wee town with loads to see and do. Scattered about the botantic gardens of the York museum, are some incredibly epic ruins of the old St Mary's Abbey, Cliffirds tower and York Minster just a 10 minute walk away. Sitting by the river with a cider in hand, was the perfect end to one of the three amazing days.

Scotland here we come! Arrived in Glasgow after an 8 hour bus trip with a big, fat sweaty Scotsman navigating us through the north of England, along the East Coast, giving us the odd glimpe of the ocean, cliffs and castles. This painfully slow trip was made worth the while with views like that!

We were kindly picked up by Lynne and Peter at the station. Had a lovely night at their place just catching up over a plate full of yummy chinese take-aways. The next day, chucked our gear in lockers at the train station and headed out to see the sights. The weather packed in rather swiflty giving us a warm welcome to Scotland! Nevertheless, we prevailed the rain and explored the Glasgow cathedral, St Mungo museum, the Necropolis cemetary, and Jamie's Italian for antipasto, all worth a visit. From Glasgow we headed 50mins north to Helensburgh to stay with some of Andrew's parents friends - Sheila and Iain, from here we traveled back to Glasgow when the weather packe dup to track down some of Andrew's family history (Turnbull & Caird). The next day we took the train to see Dumbarton Castle (10/10), Loch Lomond were we jumped on a boat and then walked around the bonnie, bonnie banks to visit Balloch castle, a gem in the hillside!

The next day we visited Hill house designed by Macintosh (very popular guy over here), pretty before his time. Then late afternoon we headed across to Edinburgh and booked into the luxurious Budget Backpackers!

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