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Midlothian 1 - Rosslyn Chapel /The Dan Brown , Da Vinci code connection - Explore the mystery - discover the history

Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Midlothian » Penicuik June 24th 2021

Rosslyn reminded me of the Scrovegni Chapel in Italy . Take no photographs . It takes away the pleasure of others . The chapel is too small and you will cause a gridlock as you stand and take a photograph. The reality - buy a guidebook or a postcard. Sounds like a good ploy to make money doesnt it ? The car park was large and Gabby was not taking up too much of it . There was plenty of room for vans to stop overnight but yes you guessed it . No photos and no parking overnight . Move on you are not welcome . Just go up the road . There is a CL site . A small property where five vans can stay overnight. There were electric charging points on the park . ... read more

All we could photograph was the exterior

Scotland Day 1 Glasgow to Bonnyrigg.

Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Midlothian » Penicuik April 28th 2017

Falkirk Wheel

Donel

Scotland 2017 – Magical Land Day 1 With a smooth 6 hour plane ride we had a graceful landing into sunshine. What? I even got some nice video of the landing itself. Maneuvered thru the airport to collect our rental van and out into the land of unicorns. Okay so here the niceties stop. Google Maps have brutal directions and we will not be using that process again. After a couple of U-turns thru the roundabouts we found the Falkirk Wheel. Unlike the lift locks that are familiar to us, the Wheel moves 2 boats in opposite directions connecting the series of canals. Weather is 13 degrees and sunny with a little bit of clouds. OK now we are off to try and find the only point on our itinerary that Samantha doesn’t know about. Google ... read more

MIdlothian

Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Midlothian » Penicuik July 9th 2012

Donel

Sorry guys, no pictures today as we spent the evening with Lori & Nigel and ran out of time to upload the pics. Started our day at the Dalhousie Castle with a huge traditional Scottish breakfast (haggis, black pudding, sausage, back bacon, fried mushrooms, tomato, potato scones and eggs. Wow, didn't eat again until dinner time. Checked out of the castle (many thanks to the FANTASTIC staff at Dalhousie Castle) and visited Roslin Chapel and Roslin Castle. We then made our way to Lori & Nigel's place in Balerno, SW of Edinburgh with a few detours along the way as we got lost a few times (tree covered road signs). Finally made it by 2:30 pm, 1/2 hr. ahead of schedule. Did some drinking and catching up and then made our way to a famous local ... read more

Brief history of United Kingdom

Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear...more history

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