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| I met up with the tour at Manchester airport, then straight onto the coach to Glasgow, which was our base for the first few days. The first stop on this tour was a distillery! Scotland is famous for it's whisky and here we are sampling some of it. A great start to the day, the guide must have decided we needed a bit of a kick start I reckon. |
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| Lake Katrine Here we all boarded the good ship 'Sir Walter Scott' for a trip on the lake, I am always first to put my hand up when a boat trip if on offer. |
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| The Military Tattoo at Edinburgh Castle. This was the highlight of the tour for Mum, definitely something on her bucket list. It was fabulous, bagpipers by the hundreds, with bands from all parts of the world, even an electric guitar struct up at one stage. All very entertaining and the best thing was that the weather was perfect too and the 8668 spectators stayed dry and warm. |
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| Edinburgh Castle. At first glance the cobbled stoned hill up to the top of the castle looked too hard to negotiate pushing Mum's wheelchair and I felt, not for the first time in this tour, that I should have done some serious weight-training in preparation for all this exercise. I spoke to the staff, and soon a lovely young man with a specially designed Merc. arrived and we loaded Mum in the boot, wheelchair and all! What great service. |
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| Grasmere, a quaint village in the Lake District and famous for an association with William Wordsworth. Is it so easy to forget how beautiful this country is, we always seem to be in a mad dash these days, and it was so good to spend some time enjoying the scenery for a change. |
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| A long way from home as usual! This was the sign in a place in Wales that is famous for having the longest name ever: LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIGOGOGOCH I might have got one or two of the letters wrong, but who would know! |
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| Here is Mum enjoying a delicious toasted tea cake in a delightful tea shop in Stratford-on-Avon, a tiny place, but excellent for a tasty snack. On the way back to the airport, Marco, our tour guide, gave a speech of admiration for Mum's spirit of adventure. Wanting to do a tour like this at 89, was something we should all admire, and there was a loud round of applause from the others. I certainly hope I shall be enjoying life as much at her age. Well done Mum! |
