June 22nd
We are spending 3 night in Edingurgh. 2 nights in Inverness. Overnight at Kinlochleven. overnight in Glasgow.
Trains
Bristol to Edingurgh 7 hours
Edingurgh to Inverness 4 hours
Glasgow to Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton to Bristol
Journey detail
On the cross country train from Bristol Temple Meads to Edinburgh.
Departed on time at 10:33am
Full train. Half the coach faces forward and the other half faces backwards.
Something strange at Birmingham. We joined with another train with 4 coaches and at the next stop we had to move to the front 4 carriages, which had passengers. We had to stand for hours.
We reached York at 3pm.
We arrived in Edinburgh at 5:35pm.
We took 2 Ubers, one to get the keys and another to the aBNB.
Not the stairs to a dungeon, but to our aBNB.
Spot door 60. That is the entrance to the aBNB.
Across from the aBNB.
June 23rd
Hot and sunny. Record breaking temperatures around Europe and the UK.
England 0 Ghana 0 in the World cup
We took the bus into town and then took the city tour.
One of the many pubs we passed that looked interesting...
We then went for lunch around the Grass Market area.
Sky above the aBN. Very pretty,
On returning to the aBNB, we went to the Abby pub. Very good food.
We had the steak and ale pies and Dani had fish and chips.
June 24th
Edinburgh castle
Lovely day. Hot and sunny 75F.
View from the steps of the castle.
We ate at the Blackbird. We had I had steak and chimichurry sauce.
Full tourist mode here we go...
Lovely location.
Coffee shop off of one of the sidestreet in the castle grounds.
main street in castle grounds.
More street shots,
Lots of walking is thirsty work. So we had to stop for refreshments,
June 25th
Edinburgh train station.
Taking a train to Inverness.
The platform was announced 10 minutes before departure. There was a mad rush to get on as it leaves on time. All seated and left at 10:33.
Once in Inverness, we walked around the corner to get a bite to eat, and order a Uber.
Note: Uber doesn't operate in Inverness! After a long wait we went for a walk and found a taxi rank. We drove to the new aBNB.
It was a nice drive.
The new aBNB is nicely located near ro the main town and a nice river walk.
and close to thge Warterfront pub. Which did amazing dinner and whiskey flight and more...
Fish soup, Cullen Skink. Yummy, from the Waterfront pub, and then ....
Steak and ale pie, with peas and chips. Delicious.
I did I mention the whiskey flight? Here it is. One of Dani's friends gave her the Jesus character to take a photo with in each place she went. I thoiught it a good idea to add here.
Here is the mottly crew!
June 26th
We walked to picked up a Renault van that Tim hired, so we can explore the area and check out Nessy, in loch Ness.
We walked a cross a lovely bridge on the way, it started to drizzle with rain.
Over bridge you can see this new castle, not a real castle, but looks great. We can see this from our aBNB bedroom.
We picked uo the van and the weather is turning nasty, Note the low clouds in the background.
We went to Black Isle and looked around. It is cooler here today. 67f and intermittent showers with misty in the hills.
Glad I wasnt driving, this is a 2 way street!
Light House is at Chanonry Point.
They have some interest wildlife.
We then went to Cromarty. Looked around and had a coffee and cheese toasty.
Then we drove to Loch Ness.
This is the boat we went on.
Beautiful Loch.
You try and take a nice photo of the Loch and Nessy photo bombs you. So annoying. ;)
June 27th
Driving to Loch Lomond and Kinlochleven.
Had to stop at the Highland Cows were in a field at the roadside.
An enterprising young lad was charging to have your photo taken,
We stopped at a quait town with beautiful views. We had a coffee and watched boats sailing through the canal.
Onward to the Harry Potter train bridge.
Weather changed and was raining.
There were a lot of coaches and cars. As you have walk to the bridge and the weather was wet and misty, we decided to give this a miss.
We headed onwards. Beautiful mountain views with misty peaks and drizzling rain.
Then on to the aBNB.
Oh wow. Tim out did himself with this one. OMG. What a place, what a view.
The view from the aBNB was also amazing.
and also by night.
There are several pubs near by but we picked the one with the fabulous food and views!
Later there were elk grazing.
Video of the view from the pub. Later on there were lots of deer by the riverside. Stunning views,
June 28th
Driving to Glasgow. Beautiful drive along Loch Lomond.
The views were amazing as we drive to Glasgow.
Narrow roads. Beautiful mountains and valleys and green green mountins. Such a contrast from the Colorado mountain scapes.
Quick video. I didnt know I had set the camera for short bursts, I know now!
We went to an Italian restaurant called Sarti for a drink and booked it for dinner later. The pizzas were very good so 2 the lasagna.
We walked a short way to Malones Irish pub. We drank at the rooftop bar while we waited for our 6:30pm table.
June 29th
Heading back to Bristol via train.
The train left Glasgow at 10:40am
Arrived Wolverhampton at 1:45
Left Wolverhampton at 2:15
Arrived Bristol at
June 30th
I took Dani to Heathrow airport as she is flying back to Denver with an extra suitcase of ours. We no longer needed the cold weather clothes we had packed.
July 1st
Sally left to go to Leicester to help Natalia move.
Tim Ali and me went the Bristol water front. Lovely day. Sunny not too hot.
England just managed to beat DR Congo in the world cup, 2 to 1.
July 2nd
Just chilling in Bristol.
July 3rd
Chilling in Bristol
July 4th
Happy birthday Dani.
We went for a drive to a country pub, the Anchor Inn.
Beautiful scenery.
Church on a hill.
Stopped at Sever Beach, to see the Seven bridge.
Very impressive, even with the tide out. :)
July 5th
Leaving from Bristol airport for Vienna.
Move to river cruise tab.