Gavin started the day by hauling our suitcase down 4 flights of stairs. Did I mention that our room was up 4 flights and no lift? He had a full cooked breakfast at the original guest house. I had my own cereal and yoghurt before we left as I had my dentist appointment early. The dentist went well and I had a temporary filling put in to last me until I get home. £71 later. We went up to the shops and I posted our London Oyster cards to Jordan. Stupid system wher...

We slept pretty well in our substitute accommodation. Headed off at 8 for breakfast at the other guest house. Gavin had a full cooked breakfast so was well pleased. There were 5 people from France at the table next to us and Gavin made the most of it by talking to them in French. They said his French is very good. Much to his delight! There was a dentist next door to the guest house so I booked an appointment to get the filling that fell out a couple of days earl...

Today we took the train from Fort William to Edinburgh. We have been lucky that the days we needed to travel didn't coincide with two train strikes in Scotland. It was a long day of traveling as the train route was quite circuitous to get to Edinburgh. We had pre booked our seats on the train so we were able to travel together. It's amazing how full the trains have been in all of the U.K. We caught a taxi to our accommodation (a guest house) in Edinburgg. When w...

It was a bit drizzly today so decided to walk into town (3.2kms) to the tourist bureau and then decide what we might do. I think motivation was a bit lacking today so lunch and a walk to the Fort ruins and the museum were the order of the day. We then walked back to our accommodation. After dinner we went for a walk along the Loch. It doesn't get dark until about 11pm so no lack of daylight. Packed our bags ready for departure tomorrow to Edinburgh.

Today we climbed Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the UK at 1344m. We waited to catch a bus for our hotel into Fort William and then onto Glen Nevis but no bus arrived. A man coming out of his driveway across the road asked if we wanted a lift which we accepted. He is a youth worker in Fort William working with youth suicide. There is a big youth drug problem here due to the easy access for drugs getting in on the Loch. He took us all the way to the start of t...