Sunday 18th July 2010 Day 36

We are in London for four nights and five days till we go home. We went to church today and when we came back the boys took the car back to the airport. That took a while so Heather and I had a rest afternoon.We went to tea at the Ship Inn on the river and then walked home.

Saturday 17th July 2010 Day35

We left about 9-30 and headed for St. Albans a very old town north of London. While we were there we saw the Cathedral and went around the lake. We also went to the open market that they had along the street. We arrived at Wendy & Richards in London about 4-45 and settled in and had a cuppa and chat about all we had done over the past weeks. We then went to tea at The Dove ( a very old pub which Hugh Grant visits but we didnt see him.) We had a very nice meal and then walked back along the Thames crossed on the Hammersmith Bridge and got back and went to rooms for an early night.

Friday 16th July 2010 Day 34

Today we headed straight to Cambridge the University town.

Firstly we went to the Lutheran Seminary where Pastor attended. We then went for a walk through the town.Heather found some records at the council offices for one of Anthony's relatives and then we went for a punt on the River Cam. Just the four of us were on the punt and it was great. We then went and looked at all the buildings. We went to our b and b just outside Cambridge and went to Histon to the King William pubfor tea. On our way home we saw a rainbow. We are off to London in the morning for our last few days.

Thursday 15th July 2010 Day 33

We went to Ketton, Tixover and Empingham today to look for ancestors. It always seems to rain when we look around cemetries. Ketton was a very pretty town and the Tixover Church was out in the middle of a paddock. At Empingham it was also raining . They also had some pretty houses.The church was over 800 years old. We then went to Ufford and had dinner at the restaurant and went for a walk and then came back for desert.

Wednesday 14th July 2010 Day 32

We went to Sherwood Forest today to see where Robin Hood came from. We went on a nice walk through the forest and saw the "Major Oak" which is a huge and very old oak in the forest.

We then drove to our b and b in South Scarle near Newark on Trent and went and had tea at the Lord Nelson Inn in the next village.

Tuesday 13th July 2010 Day 31

We stopped at the coastal town of Whitby today on our way to Gothland which is Heartbeat country. The TV series was made in and around these towns. We had a snack at the pub they used in the series and then walked around the town and railway station.

We arrived in Welton at 4-30 and settled in and went to dinner at the place we were staying. The Green Dragon a 17th Century hotel.

Monday 12th July 2010 Day 30

We had a late start today after a lovely stay and made our way to Housesteads Fort and Hadrians Wall. Before we got there we crossed the Scottish border and there was a man playing his bagpipesWe looked around the fort and wall for a while and Michael did a small sketch while we were there. We then drove to Castle side and had tea at the local and I tried a new dish Toad in the Hole. We went for a walk then came back for another drink at the pub.

Sunday 11th July 2010 Day 29

The weather was a bit better today although it was very windy. We went to the seabird centre to see live feeds of puffins and other birds from the islands. After that we went back into Edinburgh to see it without rain. We did some more shopping and walking and had our tea at the Dome. It was very nice.When we got back we walked on the beach again to look for shells

Saturday 10th July 2010 Day 28

Our first full day in Edinburgh was raining ,but we set off into town to go to the Royal Mile and the Castle. We didnt think that we would be able to go to the Palace as the Queen was in town and they close it for security reasons. It rained pretty much all day but we shopped and visited the castle but it became quite wet and foggy in the end. Although it did look good with the fog. We had tea at a pub in the royal mile and then caught the bus home.