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Europe » United Kingdom » England » North Yorkshire » Settle July 2nd 2014

Tuesd ay 1 July Left Wick with plans to finish around Aviemore. Finally managed to see some wildlife, driving past a couple of red deer, seeing seals on the Cromarty Firth and then watching a dolphin at North Kessock Dolphin Centre (Inverness). Moe was on a mission to cover some of the hundreds of miles that the Sat Nav were showing to get to Bingley so drove straight through the Cairngorns sticking to the main A9 having experienced enough single roads. Stopped for a short break at pretty Pitlochry. Strolled around village and enjoyed tea and cake. Finally stopped at campsite near Glenrothes to avoid hitting Edinburgh at rush hour. Too tired to cook so after watching second half of Argentina match, walked to Balbirnie House, through the country park for a pleasant meal at the ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » North Yorkshire » Settle May 18th 2011

Spent some quality time with family over the past couple of days. Met my Cousin Sara and her family, not much different too us, enjoy a drink a two...........Very enjoyable time and we hope we have convinced them to visit Australia in the near future. Spent Saturday night in Manchester with my other cousin Joanne and her husband, Nathan, had drinks and then dinner at Gaucho's, a fantastic steak house. And again Cath made a very good effort to get them to Australia along with the waitress from the 'Slug & Lettuce'. The way it's going Cath and I are going to have a permanent queue of visitors at our door step. On Sunday we had a family reunion at my Aunty Jane's where Cath and I met even more relatives and although I didn't hear, ... read more
Cousin Sara and Colin
At Gaucho with Cousin Joanne and Nathan
Family Shot




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