Wednesday 13th July Hello Lucy! Good to hear from you! Waiting on those prom photos and the cycling ones also. Glad you are enjoying the history - we know you would appreciate it if you were here. We did ask you to come but you turned us down! York is great and you would really enjoy it I'm sure. Mike - good work with the roses - good to hear you are keeping the place spick and span! How's the vege garden - are you eating up well? We love your feedback so kee...

Tuesday 12th July Last day in Edinburgh today so we had advice from Gerry and had almost decided to go to Roselyn Abbey, of Davinci Code fame, by taking the number 15 bus from one block over from our B&B. Our waitress at last night’s dinner told us also we could take the bus out to Portobello and Mussleburgh Beaches so that was also on the agenda. At breakfast our next table tourists told us about an experience they had had a Mary King’s Close so we deci...

Monday 11th July Hi Stu lovely to hear from you. Mary isnt here at the moment she is on vacation - personally I think you have offended her! Havent heard from Mike so cant tell you how he is! Caroline and Keith lovely to hear from you. We are having a ball but are suffering with our legs a bit. One more day in Edinburgh before we leave to head for York. Might head for Portobello for morning tea and Musselburgh for lunch! Back to our story --- Had a lovel...

Sunday 10 July 2011 Hi Joyce & Noel lovely to hear from you and glad you are enjoying our writings. Hope you are all OK. Nanny when do you leave on your trip. Have to look at your itinerary again to find out. Jed - fancy you poking around - we were thrilled to hear of your new arrival and hope everything is going well! Mary you really are a star! Right to the front door of our B&B again and not a hitch. You didn’t even mind when we changed the ...

Saturday 9th July Only had to drive 70 miles today but the landscape was very different to that which we have been through previously. There were large forests some of which was in the felling/replanting stages. Lots of high areas where we could see the surrounding countryside. Mary performed admirably as the B&B on Hadrien’s Wall is on a real backroad – only one way in parts. But Mary eventually said “You are at your destination” and sure enough o...