Haggis, Highlanders and Hairy CoosEdinburgh pre trip - 2nd August 2009This'll probably be a bloody long one, so go grab a cuppa, practise your skim reading and just relax…. OK so I just tried to post it, but off exploring didn't like it - I think its too long. So I'm going to have to do this in stages. Check back often as you probably wont get emails about it…Wow, it seems like months ago we were in York, but it hasn't even been a week. I am lying back at the...

York 30th, 31st July and 1st AugustWe arrived to York, with an uneventful train journey. We stepped out of the station and into a massive flood of rain. We knew that our hostel was going to be difficult to get to, we'd need to take a cab, or catch a bus, because the walk was going to be too far. The massive downpour helped to make our decision for us - Lets walk!!! We'd scoured all the bus stops and c0ouldn't find one that went near to where we were staying, so w...

Blackpool 28th and 29th July 2009So after finishing the last blog on the first leg of our train journey, things got much much worse. We followed the grumpy ladies instructions to avoid all the problems caused because of the cable stealing. We arrived at Warrington and the train we were meant to catch had been cancelled, so we were left sitting in the rain and the cold to wait for another one in 40 minutes time. In the meantime, 2 other trains arrived and would go...

Liverpool25th, 26th, 27th July 2009The 45 minute train journey from Manchester was a little annoying. Annoying people on trains are not overly pleasant, but thankfully it wasn't very long. We arrived into Liverpool station and were greeted by beautiful blue, clear skies. Hurrah. We trekked up to our hostel - about 45 minutes, mostly uphill, ugh - and checked in. We splashed out on this one and treated ourselves to a private room. Its an okay hostel, with a good k...

Manchester 22nd, 23rd, 24th July 2009We arrived to a nice sunny blue sky in Manchester. We got off a stop earlier than our tickets said, as I thought it was closer to our hostel. Of course I was right, and it only turned out to be a short 10 minute stroll up to our home for the next three nights, Hilton Chambers. We offloaded the bags, and checked out our new abode. It was quite possibly the nicest hostel we've stayed in. Nice clean rooms, awesome kitchen, TV roo...