Blogs from Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 378

Thursday, August 2nd- Inverness (with a trip to Dingwall aka Tulloch Castle). Inverness. In the morning we went to Culloden (where the Battle of Culloden took place.) After this battle (which the Scots lost), Bonnie Prince Charlie went into hiding (Flora MacDonald disguised him as her “lady’s maid”) and eventually made it to Greece where he remained ‘til he died. Clan Davidson did fight in this battle, they made up part of Clan Chattan (according to Wikipedia). Anyway, so the battlefield now has blue flags which show where the Scots line was and red flags which show where the British line was. There are also stones that show where the heads of certain clans “fell” and other stones which represent where the clans stood on the field. In the middle is a stone memorial. url=http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/nairn/fort... read more

Bruce and MhairiBA0177 Heathrow (London) to John F Kennedy (New York) 28 Aug 2007 13:40 28 Aug 2007 16:10 QF3098 John F Kennedy (New York) to Los Angeles 2 Sep 2007 11:00 2 Sep 2007 13:45 QF3252 Los Angeles to Honolulu 2 Sep 2007 15:15 2 Sep 2007 17:50 QF3840 Honolulu to Nadi 25 Sep 2007 12:00 26 Sep 2007 18:40 QF3842 Nadi to Auckland 28 Sep 2007 08:45 28 Sep 2007 11:45 QF0134 Auckland to Melbourne 2 Nov 2007 16:25 2 Nov 2007 18:20 QF0265 Melbourne to Bangkok 8 Nov 2007 14:10 8 Nov 2007 19:40 QF0301 Bangkok to Heathrow (London) 28 Jan 2008 00:10 28 Jan 2008 05:50 BA1472 Heathrow to (London) Glasgow 28 Jan 2008 07:05 28 Jan 2008 08:25 This is our flight plan for our trip and we should be sticking ... read more

I found out last Tuesday that I need to go to London for meetings which were for Wednesday and Thursday. Luckily there is a direct flight from Waterford to Luton Airport in London. This is so much easier than having to drive across Ireland to fly out. I flew out early Wednesday morning from the tiny Waterford Airport. The airport consists of 1 gate. My short/long term parking spot was 50 feet from the door. All they have is turbo props that hold about 30 people. I arrived in London and took the subway (the Tube) to my meeting. I spent the rest of Wednesday in meetings and didn’t finish until later Wednesday evening. After that I had a ton of work to do so I didn’t have time to sightsee. I’ve been to London a ... read more

Monday, July 30, 2007 (Carlisle to Edinburgh): Today we visited Hadrians Wall (Cumbria- English/Scottish border), Jedburgh Abbey (Jedburgh), Abbotsford House - Sir Walter Scott (Abbotsford). Hadrians Wall was built by General (later Emperor) Hadrians (Roman) to keep the Celtics out. This wall has pretty much been disassembled because people used the stones to build houses, etc. So, the wall is basically 3 feet high but was 15 feet high in average (40 feet high at the forts.) Hadrians Wall has an interesting story, but since there isn’t much left of it, it’s hard to grasp the grandeur that it was. The sheep were cute though (luckily we didn’t have any men from Arkansas traveling with u... read more

After a very quiet night in Moffat, a tiny city on the way to Stranraer, we decided to make the most of the day we had left, and drive through Dumfries and on to Stranraer...it was on the way to Dumfries, at around 11am that I realised, instead of staying the night in Stranraer, we could get a ferry over to Ireland that afternoon, and not only save a night's accommodation, but also catch up with mum, dad, KB and Ryan, plus all the relies, SOONER!! EXCELLENT! Iz thought I had been scheming this up for days, but it had only just occurred to me...so we had a quick look around Dumfries, then rang the oldies to see if an earlier arrival would suit them...mum didn't have her phone on, dad's went straight to message bank, ... read more