So a busy day with wedding preparations in Stirling. We got the church ready with pillows and favours set out. Then we went to the hotel to meet Stevie the best man and we all had a few drinks and games of pool.... read more

We packed our bags, and headed down the road to start our next adventure. Our first stop was Lakeland for a quick shop and a fish breakfast Yum!!! After driving through yet another English scattered shower we stoped off in a lake side village by the name of Windermere. The Clouds broke to our delight as we started off on our walk. Windermere is a wonderful little village built on the side of a typical English hill over looking a large lake. There are hourly boat cruises to take many travellers around the lake, we chose to stay on land and fight off extremely large well fed Swans and Canadian Geese. We spent a wonderful afternoon in and out of little shops, till we stumbled upon St. Martian’s Church in the Village Centre. It was originally ... read more

Karla was up bright and breezy ready for the day, Shane took more persuasion but after a quick shower he was ready too. We went off to discover the shopping centres and we enjoyed walking in and out of the shops. After a snack we headed to the train, we took our seats and got ready to enjoy the scenic trip down south to Kendal in the Lake District. The train was incredibly smooth and fast roaring through the countryside at around 100mph. We loved seeing the hills, sheep and stone walls as we moved. Two hours later we arrived in Kendal and were greeted by Karla’s Gran and Stuart who had travelled 6 hours north the day before. We went and dropped the bags off at the hotel then drove down the road to Guys ... read more

Packing So we are packing and cleaning house ready for our trip starting tomorrow. We are bamboozeled that it starts tomorrow and are both very excited. We are looking forward to this wonderful trip! So watch this space for photos and stories about our adventures. Karla... read more