Today was another beautiful summers day in UK, raining ALL day! We went to a place called Grasmere we went to see the Wordsworth museum and Dove cottage where he did a lot of his writing and lived with his wife, Mary & children & his sister Dorothy. This is also the area where Beatrice Potter lived and worked but unfortunately we didn't get to see any of her places of interest, but lots of merchandise available in all the local shops. Exploring more...

We have travelled through some beautiful countryside, very picturesque. The weather in UK while we have been here has been cold and mainly overcast with a few showers but today the rain hasn't stopped which hasn't mattered too much as we have spent most of the day on the bus. Stopped and took photos of Loch Ness, see if you can spot 'Nessie' in the photo! We had lunch on a cruise of Loch Lomond hearing about lots of clan history, at times gruesome clan hist...

Went to St Andrews and Bundy played a round of golf (well a round of 18 putting greens) Had lunch at Pitlochry and then continued to Blair Castle which has some interesting history attached and is more modern than some of the medieval castles we have seen. They have an obvious love of hunting with numerous rifles & guns hanging on walls in many places and deer skulls and antlers by the thousand in stair wells and the ball room (rather interesting) After...

Started the day with a tour of Edinburgh which ended at the castle which was like its own little city within the castle walls. We lined up to see the Scottish crown jewels and learnt about the colourful history of the them. After leaving the castle we went to royal Britannia which was interesting to see some modern history from our living memory with lots of photos and details about the current queen and royal family. The yacht itself was interesting and it s...

Today was the first day of our UK & Ireland tour. We travelled past some beautiful countryside to get to Shakespeare's birthplace at Statford on Avon. We continued on then to York an old city with the city walls built by the Romans still standing. Derek our tour guide took us through the streets of York & then we had time to explore, we looked through York Minster an incredible building with detailed stained glass windows. We were restricted to certai...