England - Scotland Trip (Day 3)

We were greeted by the lovely morning sun in Kendal. At last, some fine weather.

Johanna getting ready for the next destination

Our next destination is Isle of Skye. To get there we had to drive through Loch Lomond and the Scottish Highlands, including the famous Glen Coe.

Just as we thought we were going to get good weather, the clouds came back in numbers and very soon we had the same gloomy weather again. Well, it is difficult to get good weather in Scotland, so it was not really bad luck.

The best I could get out of Loch Lomond under the poor weather condition

By the time we reached Glen Coe, it was getting a bit misty. But the drive along the winding roads on the highlands are enjoyable, compared to the dull motorway. I could imagine how beautiful the highlands are if the weather were sunny. Will definitely want to visit this place again. Hopefully the weather will be great next time around.










Eilean Donan Castle
Perhaps the best shot from the whole trip

We finally arrived at a town called Broadford on Isle of Skye after a 7-hour drive.

England - Scotland Trip (Day 2)

The only reason we were at Manchester was to bring Jih Xian to Old Trafford. A United fan like me, he was very excited about the visit to OT. In fact, sad to say that, it was the only place that matter to him in the whole trip!

Some of the photos of Jih Xian in the Manchester United Museum. Jo and I bought him a jersey as his early birthday present.

We left Old Trafford at noon time to proceed our journey to the Lake District.

After locating our accomodation in Kendal, we drove to the scenic Windermere. Unfortunately it was a very cloudy day and we only managed to get gloomy views of the beautiful lake. We drove around the hilly roads later on for more countryside sceneries.

England - Scotland Trip (Day 1)

Day 1 of our 6-day trip to various parts of England and Scotland with my parents, my sister Jih Hoay and my 15-year-old brother Jih Xian.

We set off late from London as we need to source for a Tomtom, as Enterprise-Rent-A-Car has run out of it despite it being included in our reservation. We had to cancel our first destination - Stonehenge because of that, and headed straight to Bath.

It is my second time to Bath, the first time in winter 2002. All of us were amazed with the picturesque sceneries on the way into the city.

By the time we arrived at the city, the Roman Bath is already closed. Hence we could only take a few photos outside the famous tourist attraction. Johanna & I managed to track down Laura Ashley branch somewhere in the town before continuing our journey to Manchester.

Tea break

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Not So Bright Brighton

Perhaps one of the worst trip in my life.

Despite knowing the weather will not be great that weekend (May 27), I still went ahead with our trip to Brighton in order to maximise my parents' and brother's trip to UK.

And how wrong we were to go to Brighton on that day. It was chilly, windy and rainy. We had to endure walking in the rain for most part of our trip. In the end we decided to head home few hours earlier than scheduled.

As for Brighton, there was nothing much to see. The beach wasn't great either.

Had to convert most of my photos into black and white since the colours are dull anyway.

Royal Pavillion


Rain!

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Back from holiday

Just got back from a 6-day driving trip of England and Scotland. It's great to have my parents, sister and brother around, especially my 14-year-old brother - Jih Xian who is visiting London for the first time.

My parents and sister had left for Barcelona on Friday morning while Jih Xian will be flying back to Penang today. Wish he could stay on longer as we have yet to brought him to few places which he intends to visit. We managed to have an early birthday celebration for him yesterday at a BBQ with my coursemates and friends. Jih Xian is turning 15 on Monday and he'll be flying home alone as my parents won't be back home until mid June.

Will post some photos of the the England-Scotland trip as soon as Johanna and I got over our fatigue from the 2000-mile drive.