Tourin Britain

Who's been a busy boy then??

I arrived in London on 12 August, a day late after missing my flight from Bangkok due to a little am/pm mix up (airlines can be so pedantic about these things). After my 6am arrival I was a coffee and a shower away from two days of zombified stumbling around the sights and sounds of old London town. Of the many highlights (Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Changing of the Guards) it was the Tate Modern that I dug the most, and began my addiction to those interpretive headset thingos. I want to wear one everywhere I go!!!

40 hours after landing in Heathrow I was packed and off again, led by tour guide Bevington to the train station bound for Dumfries in Southern Scotland for a good ol' barn party!! Daz, his housemates Nick and Willow, friend Danni, a case of Carslberg and I wrongfully claimed some seats in the first class section as we headed North. After a couple of nights in Dumfries it onward and upward once again to Edinburgh. Three nights in Ed were a blast (and a blur). The Fringe was in full swing and thanks to Daz and Nick we had free tickets to 9 shows in three days... This left little time for much else other than drinking, checking out the amazing Edinburgh Castle and excessive amounts of mimicking the local accent.. only a wee bit!

For our own health (and in the interest of leaving some Fosters for other Fringe goers) we were away again. With our own set of wheels we set off for our tour to northwest Scotland and in recent days have covered Fort William, Loch Ness, Lochcarron, the Ise of Skye, Oban and everywhere in between). Glasgow yesterday, York Tomorrow... From there the plan is to meander our head back through Wales, Bath, Oxford then eventually to London before I fly out...