London-Scotland-Dublin 2022
September 14th - October 12th 2022
Click on an image to enlarge. All images taken by me except the screenshots of course.
Departures
Here we go.
Hurry up and wait.
Wow, the Memphis Airport acually looks like a real airport now. About 20 years after every other airport in the world.
Londoners lining up for up to 12 hours or more to see the late Queen lying in state. The British really do like queuing.
The pub I had my first British pint in over 20 years ago.
London street art honoring the Queen.
Who says London doesn't have fine dining?
A rare sight. An empty Trafalgar Square. I assume it has something to do with the late Queen.
Local council notice relating to the death of the Queen and the queue to see her.
No phamtoms in sight at the Royal Opera House.
Not a bad way to spend an evening. Before the opera began the whole audience sang 'God save the King.'
Who says I don't have class? I don't but that's another story.
Scotland
Where men wear skirts and hunt wild haggii.
Edinburgh
Not a bad view I'd say. Edinburgh Castle.
Sir Walter Scott monument. He basically invented our modern view of Scotland.
Actual Sunshine on Leith. I didn't even have to walk 500 miles.
More of my fine photography skills.
St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh.
Fort William
Fort William is next to Ben Nevis, the largest mountain in the UK. This is not Ben Nevis. I don't know why I took a photo of an entirely different mountain.
How the British feel about their NHS. This was in a public garden honoring them for their work during the pandemic
Inverness
Inverness, the capitol of the Highlands.
The battlefield of Culloden. The last major battle on British soil.
The site of the much romanticised battle.
Clan Urquhart stone at the Culloden Visitor Centre.
Isle of Skye Day Trip
Urquhart Castle on the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Ness. No monster in sight.
Eilean Donan Castle. As seen in many movies.
A Scottish Castle on an island in the middle of a loch. Yes Please.
Meeting one of the locals.
Scotland isn't just sheep anymore.
The Isle of Skye.
This is why you go to the Highlands.
Fairy pools sign in Gaelic.
The road to the Fairy Pools.
Pretty nice.
Cool.
More Fairy Pools walk.
The rocky road to the Fairy Pools.
Beautiful.
A great day I'd say.
Pretty amazing.
Lovely.
Cool.
Portree, the main town on Skye.
A nice little town.
You can't go to Scotland without encountering sheep.
The Isle of Skye makes it hard to keep coming up with witty captions.
Another great view.
Wonderful. It's getting boring now.
It could be worse.
Just look at that.
Scotland and Whisky. Name a better duo, I'll wait.
It would have been rude not to.
An 18th Century bridge on Skye.
© Richard Whittington 2022