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Day 86 13 August 2019 Day 2 Ireland Dublin from The Book of Kells to Kilmainham Gaol.

Posted on 14/08/2019 by Greg

We woke to beautiful blue skies and a big day in front of us. We were picked up at 9am by Julian from Little Gem Tours and set off on our Dublin exploration. Our first stop was Trinity College old … Continue reading →

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Day 85, 12 August 2019, Ireland Day 1 Edinburgh to Belfast, Ireland.

Posted on 13/08/2019 by Greg

We said farewell to Scotland and mainland UK today, perhaps the last time for the UK as we know it, and flew to Dublin to commence the last stage of our epic holiday, Ireland – that’s both Northern Ireland and … Continue reading →

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Day 84, 11 August 2019, Scotland Day 18, Glasgow to Edinburgh

Posted on 12/08/2019 by Greg

Our last self drive travel day, ? and our last full day in Scotland ? It’s about 70 miles to drive today, but first we started with a drive around the Glasgow University end of town, we hadn’t seen any … Continue reading →

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Day 83, 10 August 2019, Scotland Day 17, Glasgow – Glasgow Cathedral, Necropolis, Murals and the River Clyde

Posted on 11/08/2019 by Greg

Last night the weather forecast for today didn’t look promising, lots of rain was promised. We woke to blue skies. I checked our weather app and it all looked good until mid afternoon. Number of Views :1132

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Day 82, 9 August 2019, Scotland Day 16, Callander to Glasgow via The Kelpies.

Posted on 10/08/2019 by Greg

We had high hopes for breakfast at Faulty Towers #2, but …. how can you screw up muesli and toast? We were on the road a bit after 9am and headed to The Helix and The Kelpies. Number of Views … Continue reading →

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Day 81, 8 August 2019, Scotland Day 15, The Isle of Mull to Callander via Luss, Loch Lomond, Lake of Menteith and Lodge Forest

Posted on 09/08/2019 by Greg

We got away from our BnB at 8:50am and arrived at the ferry terminal at 9:30am. We were put in a maybe queue to get on the 9:50am ferry. Alas, we were 1 car too far back and missed out … Continue reading →

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Day 80, 7 August 2019, Scotland Day 14, Fort William to The Isle of Mull

Posted on 08/08/2019 by Greg

We were on the road to Oban a bit before 8am to catch our ferry to Mull. The drive down was fairly easy and we loaded onto the ferry for the 45 to 50 minute ride around 9:20am. We landed … Continue reading →

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Day 79, 6 August 2019, Scotland Day 13, The Isle of Skye to Fort William via Eilean Donan Castle, Loch Ness, Fort Augustus and Glenfinnan Viaduct & The Hogwarts Express.

Posted on 07/08/2019 by Greg

We were on the road by 8am, rain was falling and there were lots of heavy clouds around but not much traffic. Deb spent the first hour of our drive taking wet weather photos from the passenger seat as we … Continue reading →

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Day 78 5 August 2019 Scotland Day 12 The Isle of Skye The Fairy Pools, Neist Point, Dunvegan Castle and almost Claigan Coral Beach

Posted on 06/08/2019 by Greg

We got away around 8:30am this morning. Today has had a touch of Fairy magic to it. Number of Views :1006

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Day 77 4 August 2019 Scotland Day 11 The Inner Hebrides The Isle of Skye The Trotternish Peninsula

Posted on 05/08/2019 by Greg

We had an early’ish breakfast, and then headed out on the road by 8am to try and beat the predicted Armageddon weather (if you missed it, see yesterdays blog instalment) and the other tourists to the nearby sights. Number of … Continue reading →

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