OUr Dream Trip to England

I have spoken before plenty of times about my huge desire to visit the United Kingdom.  Not only because my study of genealogy will take me to places like Perthshire, Scotland, and Gloucestershire, England and Waterford, Ireland,  but because I have met so many fine friends on Facebook  from there. ONe of my oldest and very special friends is Kev from Birmingham, England.  He is a Brummie,  ( a person from Birmingham)   who are said to speak Brummie,  a bit of a  different accent  so he says.   I like all accents  so one is the same as another to me.  Kev is a photo journalist  who loves to dabble in all kinds of photo editing. He particularly likes to research older dwelling and old photos of Birmingham like those that I found at the top of this collage.  Im not sure but I think the center photo would be the general area in which Kev lives   but I know the side photos were taken  at a church function right at his back door last fall.  He can see that lovely cross from his home there in Erdington!  The bottom left photo represents  exactly  what I expect Kev to do  when we get to Erdington...  he's taking us to Druckers for a spot of tea and a cream cake...  I love to plan  and dream about my trip... I pray it does come to pass some day  ...   before Im too old to go!!
  

Dream Vacation First Five Days

Itinerary for Our Scottish Vacation


Day 1
Fly into Glasgow International Airport and rent a car
Tour Glasgow University and Museums Kelvingrove Museum and then, Saint Mungo’s. Then drive down the River Clyde over to Greenock to see the site of the filming of Dear Frankie.
Accommodations Argyll Guest House
Day 2
Drive south to Ayr to visit Burns National Heritage Park,
Culzean Castle & Country Park, and my ancestral home Blair House, which is a registered inn upon availability.
Drive on to Lindsay Guest House outside of Edinburgh. I am a Lindsay, so this lodging caught my eye!
Day 3
The bus for Edinburgh will pick us up as we travel to the Royal Mile to shop and visit Edinburgh Castle,.
Day 4 Edinburgh- take a picnic lunch to Roslin Glen, Roslin Glen is particularly scenic and steeped in history. Leave the Roslin Country Park car park and spend a few minutes walking around the walls of Rosslyn Castle, which dates from 1304. Proceed north along the river valley where it is worth taking a small detour to visit the world famous Rosslyn Chapel which featured in the Da Vinci Code Film. Built in the 15th century, it is famous for its incredibly ornate and beautiful stonework. . There are many mysteries pertaining to the Knights Templar connected to this chapel. Fascinating place! Drive on to Stirling, to Stirling Castle where the rests the Stone of Scone, the stone upon which the royalty of Britain have been crowned. The Kings of Scotland resided in Stirling.
Accommodations- Stirling Highland Hotel-
Day 5 Leave Stirling and go to Perthshire. This is the crux of my stay in Scotland. Tour Dunkeld and the River Tay District. This is home to my dear songster, Dougie Maclean. I would definitely go to his pub outside Dunkeld for a concert.

Dreaming About Scotland

One of these days Lynn will be retired and then we will actually experience the joy of travelling to Scotland and seeing all the places I have heretofore only dreamed about. Each week I will add and tell about one place that is on my itinerary.This week;

Glasgow

We actually plan to fly into Glasgow International Airport,In 2007 the airport handled 8,795,727 passengers making it the second busiest in Scotland, and eighth busiest airport in the United Kingdom.

Planning to dine at The Bothy

http://www.bothyrestaurant.co.uk/

Accommodations at Belhaven hotel all located on Glasgow's West End : http://www.belhavenhotel.com/html/guesthouse.htm