Destination: United Kingdom

Thursday 8 August

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Reluctantly left the Bryn Howells Hotel in Llangollen as it was very nice.  We headed off to Shrewsbury via the aqua duct at Llangollen. An amazing structure - a canal used by the canal boats that is 126ft in the air running in iron channels about ... Read more >

Getting Ready

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A little tester to see if we are all set for our holiday in South America. 

Wednesday 7 August

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Decided to try for the Snowdon cog railway.  We found they had put on an extra train as the weather was so good (21??) but we had a four hour wait.  So we drove into Conway and explored the castle there, built 13th century and still lots of ... Read more >

Tuesday 6 August

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Sunshine saw us out of York and the rest of the day followed suite (mainly) but no rain!  Drove to Llangollen - two and a bit hours and we are across the country. The roads are mad - so much traffic all travelling at 70mph - yes they still operate ... Read more >

Monday 5 August

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First day of consistent rain.  Can't complain about those odds! So we had an inside day.  Started with York Minster.  It is quite brilliant as they have recently dug out the Roman ruins underneath and made it into an interactive display.... Read more >

Sunday 4 August

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Left Ravenglass for a day of travelling. We first drove to Lake Windemere and had a cruise on the lake. It's very pretty.  We left there to travel through the Yorkshire Dales to Thirsk (the home of James Herriot). I really liked the countryside ... Read more >

Photos: Titanic and Giants causeway

Sat, 3 Aug 2013 | By kmk | Photo Gallery

The Titanic & Giant's Causeway

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Friday 2 August 2013 /Saturday 3 August 2013   Today we headed to Belfast to see the Titanic exhibition ( http://www.titanicbelfast.com/  )as Belfast is where  Titanic was built and launched.  Then you wouldn't believe ... Read more >

Saturday 3 Augusy

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Headed off from Edinburgh trying to conquer the quirkiness of our Citroen hire car. It has some 'special' features which I am not sure we will figure out. Drove to Ravenglass in the Lakes District through rain but got there in the dry. Staying at Muncaster ... Read more >

Friday 2 August

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Happy birthday Sophie. Started the day by climbing up to Arthur's seat.  The climb was good, the view was excellent but the wind incredible.  Literally you could be blown over. Then back to town where we explored the castle and under the city ... Read more >

From Southport, UK

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When I decided to start blogging our travels I had such grand intentions of regular contributions. Alas, here we are, months later yet again. And what a busy few months it has been... To pick up where we left off, we arrived back from Prague only ... Read more >

Photos: Northern Ireland

Wed, 31 Jul 2013 | By kmk | Photo Gallery

Irish eyes are smiling....

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Wednesday 31 July 2013 /Thursday 1 August 2013   Well today we travelled to Northern Ireland.  When we landed in Belfast (where it was bucketing rain) we found out that the World Police and Fireman games were being held in ... Read more >

Photos: British Museum Asian Rooms

Wed, 31 Jul 2013 | By krodin | Photo Gallery

British Museum

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A Day at the British Museum - May 15,2013 Mid-May I started this xEurasia Odyssey that will last until just before Christmas.  As the British Museum has the entire world within its collection, it was an appropriate place to start.  As ... Read more >