Today we were still not feeling too well. We would have loved to have stayed curled up in bed today, but no time! We walked down to Waverly Station to board the Hop on Hop off Tour bus. We enjoyed a tour of Edinburgh and then we went to see "the Castle'. The castle was very interesting. We did the self-guided tour and used the headphones with pre-taped info. It was very informative and we were still there at 1pm when the timing cannon was fired. Steve was very quick and caught it all on camera. After a very interesting 4 hours at the castle we got back on the bus and saw more of the city sights. It was another great day. We were very tired when we got back and it was a struggle ... read more

This morning we farewelled our lovely country B & B and moved the cows off the road so as we could get our car out! Steve enjoyed this, of course. We then booked ourselves on a boat trip on Loch Ness to see if we could catch a glimpse of Nessie. We enjoyed the boat ride which also provided us with lovely views of Urquhart Castle. Our Captain, Dick Raynor, was a local who had been studying and documenting life in the Loch for many years. He was very interesting to listen to and as a boy, at the age of 14, thought he had captured a photo of the Loch Ness Monster. He has a submersible and complex camera equipment which he uses to collect and document information on creatures living in the Loch. His ... read more

Today we woke up to Rain!!! What is going on!! Ha Ha, just kidding. We have been so lucky with the sunny weather, I am sure we can cope with a little rain today. We walked into the City and, although I had a raincoat on, I was very wet and my feet were sodden inside my boots. We caught the red "hop on hop off' tour bus and did the full loop so as we could have a look at Glasgow city. This took about 1 1/2 hours. When we got off the bus to have lunch I spied a "nothing over a pound" shop and bought 2 umbrella's, a pair of dry socks and some innersoles for my boots. LOL!! After lunch I spotted a shoe shop and threw my old worn boots in ... read more

What a BIG day we had today. We joined a bus tour to take us up to the Devil's Causeway. We departed at 9.30am with Allen's Tour Bus. Our journey started at Belfast and continued up the Antrim Coastal Road. The scenery along this road is beautiful. We passed through the Glens of Antrim: Glenarm, famous for its abundant salmon fishing and haunted castle. Carnlough with its picturesque harbour and distinctive rural character. Cushendall and its 19th Century red curfew house Ballycastle the home to the one and only 400 year old "Oul Lammas Fair" Click on the link below for more info. http://www.causewaycoastalroute.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=55 We visited Carrickfergus Castle which is a 12th century Norman castle and one of the best preserved medieval castles in Ireland. Besieged by the Scots, Irish, English and the French the castle ... read more

Today we had a lovely relaxing morning at Claire and Michael's house. We caught up on the blogs and on the washing and then went for a drive to Swords to see where Claire and Michael's son, Andrew works. We also drove by their old home. Claire then very kindly took us to the bus station and we caught the 2pm bus to Belfast. We were sad to part from Claire and Michael as we thoroughly enjoyed our time with them and they went out of their way to make us feel so welcome. We are staying in Belfast for a couple of nights. *Paul, I rested today - no photos taken........ read more

We left our Doolin B & B at about 9am and drove to the Cliffs of Moher. We are blessed with another beautiful sunny day, though quite windy. You drive into a very big carpark at the Cliffs of Moher and walk up to cliffs. We spent about 4hours here taking in the beauty of it all. The views are spectacular and the bird life abundant. I think the photos say it all. We followed some other tourists through a hole in a fence and walked a very narrow, and at times, scary path along the clifftop,. We also climbed up the windy staircase in O'Brien's viewing tower (even though it was OUR tower, they still made us pay.....some nerve!) After a fabulous time walking along the cliff top and taking in the views we made ... read more