Thursday 8 June 2023

Still no better, we spent the day resting in bed.

Wednesday 7 June 2023

We are both still not feeling well but we made it to Scotland.

We visited three sights from the TV series Outlander.

Midhope Castle which is used as a location in the TV series Outlander, being Lallybroch, home to Jamie.  Blackness Castle features as Fort William, the garrison fortress under the command of Black Jack Randall and also Callendar House, where the kitchen provided the perfect setting for the Georgian working kitchen for Bellhurst Manor, the home of the Duke of Sandringham.

Tuesday 6 June 2023

Today we drove about 45 minutes to the town of York where we checked out the city with its Roman origins. There is an area known as the Shambles, where the beautiful old buildings have been restored and now house cheerful cafés, quirky boutiques and even a coin and stamp dealer and the smells are rather more pleasant with aromas from the chocolate, fudge and sweet shops, clothes and accessories and gift shops. Interesting place and a nice lunch at the Brunch Wagon.

In the afternoon we drove further north to Newcastle on Tyne.

Monday 5 June 2023

This morning we finally checked out of the hotel, then took an Uber to Avis at Euston Station to pick up our car rental.

We headed north and ended up at Leeds East where we stayed at a nice hotel.

Neither of us are well and we rested from around 3:00pm.