We were in Manchester in 2003, and I remember it as a scruffy place, and it hasn’t really changed. I’ve never seen a place with so much chewing gum stuck to the pavements. The weather was miserable, and as we have booked ahead to the end of August, we had to leave, even though next day was beautiful. It’s a pity there weren’t a few cygnets, would have looked more poignant:-)
I should have been born in North Yorkshire, rather than South – it’s much nicer!
We are practising our steam train photography. One thing we have realised is that they are unpredictable – we didn’t know all this steam would come straight at us!
North Berwick was a complete washout. We moved on to Berwick-on-Tweed, England’s most northerly town, and further north than some parts of Scotland. It’s a very nice town…
They’ve put a nice walkway in on top of the old walls…
Well, Edinburgh can certainly do rain. This does sometimes give some interesting light – we always enjoy these moody skies.
York weather was rather dreary, but we did continue our efforts to see the Flying Scotsman, though it was rather elusive!
We visited the National Railway Museum, lots to see, and it’s free!
We’ve started 2016 with a trip to the stunning Yorkshire Coast. The weather has reminded us of British Holidays We Have Had over the years, but we did get one sunny day.
The weather was so bad we didn’t bother going into Aberdeen, but we couldn’t resist seeing Dunnottar Castle, which must have the most dramatic location of any Scottish Castle.
Colin has always said that the west coast of Scotland is far more interesting than the East, and he is right. The top of the west coast is very spectacular, then you get to the actual north coast, which is just moorland. We crossed in very dull weather, and arrived at John o’ Groats, which, considering it is so famous, has very little going for it.
We had a night here to break the journey. Looks like we had great weather! but it was only for a short while. We didn’t take any more photos until we got to John o’ Groats, where we also had only a small amount of sunshine.
We are further north now than we have ever been before, on the ground at any rate! Checked a map, and we are further north than the southern tip of Norway! I hadn’t realised Britain went that far!
This is a very beautiful island. I hadn’t thought it would be as lovely as Skye, but it is. Different, but just as nice. The most famous attraction here is the Callanish Stone Circle.
We were lucky enough to get these lovely clouds on the first day we were here.