So it's Monday and it must be Edinburgh. Off on the train again, which is so much cheaper in Scotland than England, we arrive in Edinburgh and straight onto the tour bus, with its main stop so conveniently sited right out the front of Waverly station. Edinburgh is Scotland's capital and home among other thing to the parliament, Queens residence when in town, and of course one of the most famous castles in the world. This dominates the city and whilst we did not...

Today was the day to return the hire car and as the closest place to do this to Sue's was in Glasgow we decided to have a day exploring this famous city. Often thought of as Scotland's 2nd city, for many years it was the powerhouse of manufacturing in Scotland and the largest shipbuilding city in the Commonwealth. Glasgow is home to some great museums and art galleries, given more time we would have explored some of these in particular the Kelvingrove and Scie...

After a week apart it was time to join together again, so a quick trip back up the M1, M6, M74 and M80 to Stirling was made. (Only 7hrs). Now it will be time to spend a few days sampling the delights of Stirling and surrounds.

Today was the last of my museum days (for this trip), so it was on the train from Bedford down to St Pancras station, using the E. Midlands train. 35mins for 50 miles (80Km) including 2 intermediate stops, if only we had a train service like this in Victoria. I had decided to visit the Cabinet War Rooms (CWR) and HMS Belfast today as both were on the list of wants, (not Jane's of course). So after getting off the train and running into my cousin in the middle of...

Today was Bletchley Park (BP), there has been much written about BP since information about its vital work started to surface in 1975, and of course movies made about it and the people involved most famously perhaps being the recent Imitation Game. It is also sometimes known as Station X, however this was the MI6 radio station which only existed for a couple of months at BP. Station X was moved to anther site as it was determined radio aerials would make the si...