Another delicious breakfast before taking off through the Peak District National Park to visit Chatsworth House - the home of the Duke of Devonshire and the Cavendish family for 16 generations. I continue to be perplexed by the hereditary peerage - a distant relative in times gone by is rewarded for good works or good connections and generations later are celebrated and rewarded? However, homes like this would not exist if the dukedom had never been in place...Th...

After breakfast we walked across the road from our hotel to where the medieval York city walls were located. I walked up the stairs to the top of the wall, but Anthony stayed below not believing there was anything worth seeing. At the top I was able to walk from one tower to another, arriving at one of the old city gates. I walked down the stairs, through the gate and back around to where I started. Anthony was gone. I wandered around looking for him to no avail,...

We left Dublin in the early morning to fly to Newcastle. We only just made the flight as Newcastle airport has about 1.5 kms between security and the gate and then you get a bus to the plane. We were special, we got a personalised car trip! Anthony only just made it as he stopped to buy water. He was unaware you could get water on the plane...In Newcastle we picked up another hire care and took off to find Hadrian's Wall. We stopped at Vindolanda first which ...

Our apartment overlooks Edinburgh Castle so the morning cuppa included a lovely, if misty, view. We took off through the 'old town' down the Royal Mile (a UNESCO world heritage site) past all the tourist shops. Anthony snagged a beautiful Scottish wool jumper for a pretty good price before we stopped for breakfast.While we were walking down the street a policeman on a motor bike went past. Following this, there was a procession of taxis covered in balloon...

Another big breakfast before heading on the road again. The first thing we see...Inverness Castle before driving into Carrbridge for petrol. Next to the petrol station was a lovely little river and the remains of an old bridge. We then took the scenic drive through Cairngorms National Park.Again we are surrounded by dramatic hills of heather and clouds! At one point we could only see about 20 metres ahead and it was a toasty 10 degrees. As it was the Queen's ...