Wet, wet, wet and cold, cold. Farewell Edinburgh and welcome York. Our drive through Scotland was rainy and quite slow on the a68. Just after lunch we arrived into York and headed to the National railway museum, the largest railway museum in the world. It was full of steam train buffs and kids admiring all the engines. We all agreed that grandad would have loved the display of steam engines After exploring all the engines, interactive displays we moved onto...

Homeward bound Our journey from Milton Keynes to London Gatwick airport was a fantastic run. We left early at 8am so as to secure 6 seats together in a row and arrived in time. At the emirates check in desk we secured 6 seats in a row. Not the best seats, and minus a window but at least we were not all separated across the plane. Mum and James set off the security. But all okay.

Rain, wind and cold weather greeted us this morning as we headed off to the Royal mile for some shopping and touring. Dad and Ben went to Mary King's close which has been covered by buildings above it. Our tour explained the horrible conditions that people in those days lived in. The closes were very narrow and would have been full of sewage. Edinburgh suffered from several plagues and we saw a scene of a family with the plague. After Mary King's close Dad and ...

A beautiful, clear and chilly day greeted us as we drove towards Stirling and a catch up with Mary and Allison at the Blue Bell tea room. It was really nice catching up with Mary over a cup of tea, cakes and lunch. After a couple of hours we said farewell to Mary and Allison and headed up to Stirling Castle. It was fine example of a castle with many nooks and crannies for the kids to explore. James and Tom had the chance to use the cross bow at a target in t...

After a leisurely breakfast and a farewell to Robyn, Don, and Lexi we headed off on the M1 to Edinburgh. We had a relatively smooth run along the M1 even though I felt carsick from navigating. We changed freeways and roads until we stopped at the biggest services I have ever seen! After a quick stop we headed back on to the road towards Hadrians wall and Corbridge. We played a game of tip at the old ruins of Corbridge and there were plenty of useful hiding place...