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Scotland Camping #2

We woke up our first morning in John O’Groats. Cassie and Jimmy had left early that morning for a tour of the Orkney Isles. Lindsay and I were planning to enjoy a day in the sunshine we had experienced the afternoon before. But the sound we could hear when we woke up was rain raining [...]

Camping it up, Scotland Style!

Cassie and Jimmy met us at Newcastle station in their red car, packed to the rim! So after a clean out and a reshuffle Lindsay and I hopped in and we drove full speed ahead towards Scotland! The country whose national animal is the Unicorn! Proof of the countries epic awesomeness!
As we crossed the [...]

York, the Old one. And Newcastle also the old one.

Lindsay and I got a lift from Mel to the train station at Harrogate. I waited with our bags while Lindsay went and found us some lunch. While sitting there I made new best friends with 2 ladies and a young boy who I believe was autistic and had a huge interest in trains. They [...]

Yorkshire

After having a rock and roll time in Liverpool it was time to head to Yorkshire to see my Uncle and Aunt, Peter and Mel and my lovely little cousins Charlie and Monty. 
Mel picked us up from the train station and drove us into through the gorgeous Yorkshire country side to the farm where they [...]

10 days into our 4 day trip to Scotland.

Some things before I launch into my very overdue blog:
-Hello to everyone who reads this blog! I thought the number of people reading my blog equaled 4, 1 of whom is Lindsay who I hired (forced) to be the editor. But Alas! I have many readers! How exciting. And a little birdy (well really my [...]

Colchester

We managed to escape the craziness of the London Couchsurfing

and hopped on our train to Colchester. The trip took about 50 minutes. Our train pulled up at Colchester and we found…not much at all. A dingy station and a rack of pamphlets. We worked out that we needed to catch a bus to get the [...]