In London - made it to the Imperial War Museum. 
Today it's obligatory visit with wife's cousins.
Today it's obligatory visit with wife's cousins.
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I bet you loved the Visit.....If you get the chance go to Duxford in Cambridgeshire
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Gutted I can't catch up with you Rico... my workload has exploded leading up to a pretty important presentation I have to do on stage at the Police College on Thursday...
Gutted I can't catch up with you Rico... my workload has exploded leading up to a pretty important presentation I have to do on stage at the Police College on Thursday...
No prob -- work has a way of getting in the way of life lately -- been a killer trying to kick myself free to go on this trip myself . Always tricky to schedule these trips with fitting everything in.
off to Edinburgh tomorrow morning -- back for a couple of days in London by end following week.
Try to get to Hendon Air museum ... well worth a visit if your got a couple of hours spare.
https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/
https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/
Last shots of Edinburgh from train - heading out to Inverness and then picking up a car rental to Skye and Mull.
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Have a great time mate.
In Inverness -- despite having to wait two hours for our rental car (there were several accidents so there was a shortage of available cars ) .... still managed to visit Culloden battlefield ... very interesting even if it turned somewhat windy, cold and rather wet in a matter of minutes... welcome to Scotland.
) .... still managed to visit Culloden battlefield ... very interesting even if it turned somewhat windy, cold and rather wet in a matter of minutes... welcome to Scotland.
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Did you do the 360 degree interactive battle experience?
The battlefield actually extends out over the main road but pretty neat the way the flags depict the starting positions of the forces and the cottage is still there... as for running across the boggy ground in a mad highland charge... you should have tried that.
The battlefield actually extends out over the main road but pretty neat the way the flags depict the starting positions of the forces and the cottage is still there... as for running across the boggy ground in a mad highland charge... you should have tried that.
Did you do the 360 degree interactive battle experience?
The battlefield actually extends out over the main road but pretty neat the way the flags depict the starting positions of the forces and the cottage is still there... as for running across the boggy ground in a mad highland charge... you should have tried that.
Yes, did the whole thing - was very well done. Except the mad highland charge bit ...
Probably have to imagine the area with much less bushy vegetation and trees -- but still not the best place for a mad 50m sprint into musket volley fire.
Found it interesting how differently the redcoats used the bayonet in those days -- at shoulder level with the rear hand bracing the butt of the musket ... bit more like a pike.
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You should have gone to Fort George after... its only a stones throw!!
Wouldn't want to be the one whose job it is to mow that lawn.
I would. Talk about a lucrative contract.......
We tried to -- but it was already closed when we got there.
What no swimming pool...
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It's called a flock of sheep and several centuries
. It's also called the Highland clearances and the fact that the Lowland Scots and English valued the land for sheep more than the Highlanders/humans that lived there (Well done Zinzan
, you just managed to turn a travelogue into a potential flame war.. )
Visited the Culloden battle site back in 2009. Good to know they still have all the flags up to confuse the average tourist.
Our time on Skye and Mull is over - on ferry back to mainland and taking leisurely drive back to Edinburgh and then back to London for a couple of days of shopping and sightseeing. (And there is a cartoon museum)
Time was mixed with battling flu probably picked up from a Italian couple sitting next to us on train to Inverness. Wife also got food poisoning from some dodgy crab dish at a Skye restaurant a few days back - not pleasant.
On way from Inverness to Skye managed to stop at Commando memorial at Speen Bridge (also made a pleasant small hike to a old ruined bridge from Jacobite era built to move English armies)
Time was mixed with battling flu probably picked up from a Italian couple sitting next to us on train to Inverness. Wife also got food poisoning from some dodgy crab dish at a Skye restaurant
a few days back - not pleasant.On way from Inverness to Skye managed to stop at Commando memorial at Speen Bridge (also made a pleasant small hike to a old ruined bridge from Jacobite era built to move English armies)
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