Glasgow.

September 24, 2017

  Pouring out, but only a mile or so from Charing Cross rail station to my Renfrew St Guest house. After I took a nap in the lounge whilst awaiting the 2PM check in, I dropped my kit in the room and went out to see what’s around the neighborhood. The Heritage is a typical […]

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Edinburgh: 24, September 2017 The Grand Tour begins

September 24, 2017

  Grand, whom am I kidding? More like wandering Europe whilst skint. But then that’s how I always do it.  Anyway, one has to start somewhere and I like to start where I ended so here it is.  From Hartford, CT (BDL) to Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (EDI) $175/£130 w/ checked kit, meal carry on & […]

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Time to go BDL

September 23, 2017

  The best airport prices from New England to Europe seems to be through BDL, Bradley international near Hartford, CT.  Mt Direct flight is $175/£130.  The flight is direct, which is always better. And my brother Davis and his wife Kathy took me from my sister Barbara & Fred’s who had put up with me […]

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My Kit

September 22, 2017

Here’s my kit. The black pack @ 35# the blue @13#. I’ll try and book places within 2 miles of the rails station (or bus). Small pack is the carry on. I need a backpack during day trips in the UK (and probably everywhere this time of year) because you need a place to keep […]

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On the road again

September 18, 2017

Never forget the 6 P’s!   And yet I booked a flight to Europe today that lands Sunday in the glorious capital of Scotland. I have 60+ days left on my UK passport allowance (expires 13, 12. 17 or Dec. 13 for us Yanks.) and the cheapest flights are to the UK & Europe go […]

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80 days In the UK

July 18, 2017

I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.   Wait, that wasn’t me.   If the following 300 photos makes your […]

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Arthur’s Seat

July 11, 2017

Last full day.  Day 79 and it’s cool and lightly raining.  From the hotel window, well not a hotel but a dorm room.  Edinburgh Uni is closed and the room with shared bath and massive buffet breakfast, truly Yuge, was only £98/ 2 nights near the heart of the city in July! Anyway that’s Arthur’s […]

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Dorm gardens

July 10, 2017

Just outside my dorm there are flower gardens that the students would not see.

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Good bye to Plockton for now

July 9, 2017

After so much traveling, the day and date of the week had sort of vanished  from my mind.  That apparently happens when you start a trip and the only confirmed booking is the first and the one at the tail end 75 days out, I had gotten into the pattern of deciding where to go […]

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Applecross

July 7, 2017

There is little point in traveling if you don’t bother to interact with the locals you meet.  After chatting a couple of evenings over pints, Alan, who was also a guest at the Plockton Inn informed me  he was planning sightseeing drive the next day and asked me to join him.  When he said the […]

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