Friday 23 MayWe have been in the UK for just over two weeks and have enjoyed getting around and catching up with family and friends. The first week was spent with Neil's parents and seeing their new home in Lebberston, a small village near Scarborough on the east coast of Yorkshire. Scarborough, and the east coast, was always a place we visited on day trips and long weekends when we lived in the UK, so it is great to be able to spend time there again and visit ...

Monday 5 MayFor the first part of our day we take a stroll along Yonge Street, the main shopping area of Toronto which leads into Downtown. Then back to our hotel to check out and to collect our rental car for us to head to Niagara Falls, Canadian side. Rush hour traffic makes the journey a little longer than anticipated but eventually we arrive in Niagara. After checking in we head off for a quick look at the falls and heading down Clifton Hill we are very surpr...

Saturday 3 MayToday we say goodbye Dennis and Cookie and officially leave America as we take the train from Rochester to Toronto. It seems odd to be leaving the USA after such a long time there and the wet and grey weather seems to fit the mood. Once we arrive at Niagara Falls and the train is over the border into Canada it makes quite a lengthy stop for the officials to board to inspect all the passengers' documents. The very young looking man who takes a loo...

Saturday 3 MayWell today is our last day in the United States of America and this afternoon we take the Amtrak train to Toronto and on Wednesday fly out to the UK. Our 4 months here have been wonderful and we will be sorry to leave but we will take with us the memories of the amazing things we have seen and the different people we have met. We have travelled 9,300 miles on our very reliable 1200RT with no break-downs and no punctures and we were quite sad to se...

Wednesday 30 AprilToday we headed for our "ultimate" destination for the US part of our trip - Niagara Falls - as this is the most northerly point of the Sates we will visit before heading to Canada later this week. Once again, it's hard to believe we are actually seeing a place we have only ever seen on TV before and the power of the water is something you can not appreciate until you actually see and feel it. It is a very cold day, the coldest we ha...