With the worst weather of the week today, we stayed a little closer to Newport with a trip to Dundee and Glamis Castle. Dundee was nice and Broughty Ferry on the outskirts afforded great views of the River Tay and Newport across the river. We went to Tescos which was like a big Target and Coles combined it was so big and had so much in it!! And best of all I found vegemite! After lunch we headed to Glamis Castle, the Queen Mother's childhood home. It is a gran...

It's been a few days since we last checked in and we've been very busy again. We're staying with Geoff and Marjorie Martin in a beautiful village called Newport-on-Tay on the Tay River opposite Dundee. The train from York was great fun again getting to see a glimpse of places we couldn't fit in such as Newcastle and Durham. It was sunny and very picturesque. Today Geoff took us to Stirling to see the Wallace Monument and Stirling Castle. On the way we saw the f...

Today, our last day in York, we started bright and early to fit in a much as we could on another beautiful warm and sunny day. We wandered around further, enjoying the quiet streets while everyone recovered from late nights. We went to the Castle Museum, detailing York though the centuries, taking you into the old prison and giving us a glimpse of the Castle before it was severely damaged and fell to ruin. We also visited the much anticipated York Minster. While...

Yesterday afternoon we arrived in York. We're staying at Ace York, a beautiful old Georgian building that has been refurbished into a quite fancy hostel. It is inside the old castle/city walls of York and our top floor dorm affords great views across the city. Each room has a small plaque telling you who lived in this room - ours is the "wicked" butler's room. It seems he had loose morals, particularly when it came to young female servants. The train ride to Yor...

Last night we stayed in a hostel 10 minutes out of Stratford-upon-Avon in a place called Alveston and had an amazing dinner at a 'pub' across the road. It called itself a pub but it was really an incredibly fancy restaurant and lounge! Awesome food and awesome vibe! In the morning we were up early to get off to Stratford to see some sights before we had to catch the train to York. After finding a place to leave our bags we were able to see Holy Trinity Church w...