Our first week was spent near Reading at a cottage on the grounds of Mapledurham Estate. We visited Bath and Oxford and drove around the picturesque Cotswolds. During the week Ralph took the train from Reading to the Farnborough Air Show for 4 full days of work while Karen and the kids had their own adventures in London, Reading, and at Longleat.
The second week we traveled up to York and then to the Lake District for 2 nights each. Our last 4 nights were spent in Linlithgow, Scotland, just to the west of Edinburgh and we enjoyed exploring from there. Key destinations were Edinburgh and the Trossachs. On our way to catch our overnight ferry from Newcastle back to The Netherlands, we spent the day at Alnwick Castle. |
