Leave it to Winston Churchill to let people know they can't make a statue of him if pigeons can land on his head.... So what did they do? They have him wired 24/7..... Yep, an electric current keeps them pests away!Now that has little to do with our trip but a a little trivia never hurt anyone.So here we are in London. It took us over 30 hours in transit flying Kelowna to Vancouver, overtop of Kelowna to Calgary....waiting 9 hours then hoping on the plane ...

In Wales you say Araf (I pronounce it like a dog would “Arrruff”), in Ireland you are encouraged to Go Mall but however you say it, if you go slowly you will get “Two Tud Ot”! That being said we managed to keep up with the cars on the M6 (without getting tooted at) and made our way to Heathrow Airport. Tomorrow we fly home to Canada.This trip has been full of surprises. Two months ago as we drove past the village of Butt’s End bef...

Our first day in Scotland, as we left a small village, we read a sign that said "Haste Ye Back". Last night we stayed in the 'Open Arms Hotel'. That really sums up our stay here. The people of Scotland are so very friendly... without exception in my opinion. Now if I could only smarten up a few fellow travellers all would be well.The last blog left off at Gairloch. It's impossible to sleep well when your bed is over the bar as the noises of the n...

A Loch is a Lake but sometimes it’s an inlet or a Firth or maybe a Sound. With that kind of information it can be a challenge driving around Scotland. But drive we did. Heading north from Edinburgh our first stop was a visit to the Falkirk Wheel. Now this amazing feat of engineering lifts boaters 35 meters in the air so they can continue down their leisurely way on canal boats to the River Forth which leads to the Firth of Forth which makes me wonder...