Well here we are in downtown London. Can't believe it really we have to pinch each other just to make sure it is real. We have had a quiet couple of weeks, have caught the bus a few times into Letchworth and Hitchin for a mooch and had a lovely BBQ at Anne & Paul's last weekend which was lovely. The weather since then has been a bit up and down.....not so hot and showery. We went out for dinner last night with Colin & Sheila to the Royal Oak for our A...

On Wedneday 01 July we set off for Keswick in the Lake District which was going to be quite a drive. We stopped for pictures at Loch Lomond and few other lochs on the way to Dunoon (which is the swine flu capital of the UK) so we did not want to stop there. We called into Holy Loch which is where the US Submarines used to be docked, this was on the way to the ferry terminal which took us over to Glasgow. Drove through Glasgow and arrived at Keswick around 4pm. ...

On Tuesday 30 June we set off for Oban which was not very far away. It was hot again....mid twenties. We stopped off on the way to take a look at Stalker Castle, it was on an island so is only acessable by boat ....we arrived in Oban mid morning and found our accomodation, Corriemar Hotel, which was on the Esplanade overlooking the harbour, looked very nice. We left the car to explore the town. Oban is the "Seafood Capital of Scotland", we had a bit o...

On Sunday 28th June we headed off to Fort William and on the way stopped at Loch Ness. Vivienne and I went down to the waters edge and I placed my hand in the water and I am sure that somethiog brushed up against me! could it have been Nessy I hear you say, who knows?. The scenery was wonderful and the Loch was sooo big and long, the ideal place for a monster to hide away, at the end of the Loch was Urquart Castle, or what is left of it, so we stopped and had a ...

On Thursday 25th June we headed off to the highlands of Scotland and stopped at St Andrews, home of the famous Golf Course and also the Castle and Cathedral. The weather has been beautiful since we left Letchworth, they are having a heatwave here in the UK, 5 days of mid 20's temperatures....if they only new what hot was. St Andrews was very busy as it was Graduation day at the University, we sure have the timing down pat, we managed to see what we wanted to se...