This morning we were off on a 3 day tour of Scotland. We only had to drag our bags a block up the royal mile to the tour office where there was a line out the door of people checking in- the haggis backpacker tours also left from here. Despite the hoards of people we boarded our 29 seated bus on time & were introduced to our guide Dave who wasn't wearing a kilt but did have a big ginger beard & long hair. We headed out of Edinburgh past the red industrial...

This morning we had an 8am train from Kings cross station to Edinburgh but upon turning on the BBC to watch the morning news they announced delays on the Piccadilly line- the one we had planned to take. Instead we walked to Tottenham court rd & took a bus to Kings cross, luckily arriving with 20min until our train. The first part of the trip to York was pretty flat & unexciting but the further north we got the more interesting the scenery became. Castles ...

I so wanted today to be an amazing day to rediscover London & share it with Sean. Unfortunately after a terrible nights sleep from the heat & a sore throat it was a very slow start to the day. I hadn't changed the time on my phone so got up & headed out to the local Sainsbury's earlier than I thought grabbing some breakfast & medicines. After a slow breakfast we finally headed out at 10am to firstly take our washing to the local laundrette for a s...

We had decided to miss the caravan leaving this morning & just get to Givors for the main event- the start of stage 15 of the Tour de France. The train from Lyon took only 16 mins & was surprisingly not crowded. From Givors station it was 5 or so mins to the centre of town first passing the team buses, then the support cars, the start line & finally securing a spot just past the old folks home where they had a band with tables set up along the footpa...

Today was a day for walking! We were staying near the Lyon Part Dieu train station which was about 1.5 km's from the main square. As it was Saturday morning we could not find breakfast close to the hotel so by the time we got to Bellcour square I was hungry & grumpy & in need of caffeine. We found a small cafe chain where we had a Pain au Chocolat with coffee & juice for €3.90. Feeling human again we got some Tour de France info & a map from the...