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September 27, 2022 London and Scotland Day 17 Horrendous travel home, final thoughts With all the wonderful places we had been and people we met, we were not prepared for the inadequacies of September 26, 2022 London and Scotland Day 16 HOHO bus, Kelvingrove Museum, Meat Joint dinner A handful of us had extended our stay by one night in Glasgow, and used the day, once again to September 25, 2022 London and Scotland Day15 HOHO bus, Riverside Museum of Transportation, Cathedral of Glasgow, Scones!, Game Night After a delicious breakfast with attentive staff at our September 24, 2022 London and Scotland Day 14 Travel, intro to Glasgow, pizza Friday was our travel day from Inverness to Glasgow on the (local) train which took over three hours. It was September 23, 2022 London and Scotland Day 13 Shopping, and bike riding In Inverness Today was our “free” day in Inverness. It was wonderful to have a relatively late breakfast, get caught up on September 22, 2022 London and Scotland Day 12 Dunrobin Castle, Falconry, and a wee Scotch tasting We started our ride early at 8:45 out to the famous ( and intact!) castle of Dunrobin, passing September 21, 2022 London and Scotland Day 11 Culloden National Historic Sight, Loch Ness boat, Urquhart Castle We were most impressed with the museum, tour and story of Culloden. We even bought September 20, 2022 London and Scotland Day 10 The Isle of Skye (Note: to set the time perspective, this trip occurred on the day of Queen Elizabeth’s funeral.) After a somewhat unexciting September 19, 2022 London and Scotland Day 9 Problematic travel, Inverness, schedule changes After an early start, we got to the Waverly train station in Edinburgh to find out that our train to September 18, 2022 London and Scotland Day 8 Grassmarket Market, HOHO, and Whisky! On Saturdays, there is a small market that pops up across the street from our hotel next to all the September 17, 2022 London and Scotland Day 7 St. Andrews, town, golf, Cathedral and School The town of St. Andrews is about 55 miles from Edinburgh and took us under 2 hours to get there. With September 16, 2022 London and Scotland Day 6 Abbotsford, Rosslyn Chapel, touring odds and ends Today, we did not go to St. Andrews, as earlier reported, (that is tomorrow), but our bus tour September 15, 2022 London and Scotland Days 4 and 5 (long) Monday was a travel day, and although we had originally planned to get to the Tate Modern for a short time in the morning,it didn’t work out. The September 13, 2022 London and Scotland Day 3 Churchill War Rooms,iconic tourist sites, London Eye and Borough Market Our first- thing in the morning visit to Westminster Abbey was cancelled September 12, 2022 London and Scotland Day 2 British museum, Royal Opera House, Convent Garden, and “Six” Our whirlwind tour of London started today with a traditional English breakfast here at September 11, 2022 London and Scotland Day 1 The Queen is dead, long live the king!! An unexpected and shocking beginning to our trip, this life changing event changes so much for the UK,and,as August 23, 2022 London-Scotland Itinerary London-Scotland Trip Map Sep 9 Depart Sarasota for London Sep 10-12 London Sep 13 London-Edinburgh Sep 14 Edinburgh Sep 15 St.