Bruce & Lois

Friday 23/08/13

We were highly impressed by the Glasgow Cathedral – if you visit Scotland, visit it! But just as impressive was the huge cemetery associated with the church and later with a broader ‘clientele’. Huge grave markers and monuments as well as more ordinary ones, a well-planned park to surround the ‘necropolis’, and the 70-foot monument of John Knox all added up to make a memorable time.

But time marched on, and we continued our travels south, enjoying the Lake District, spending a couple of hours in a yet different historic town, Keswick, in the Lake District, and snapping innumerable photos. Every area has different architecture and building materials.

And from the Lakes District onwards our travel fun began! A whole chapter could be written about road signs here, going in circles (confusing roundabouts), getting off and on the motorways when looking for a place to eat, and following directions to our abode. I plan to write up something about “interesting things we’ve noted.”

But several hours later we did find our B&B and enjoyed a full night’s sleep in a house that was constructed in 1625 and repaired in 1701 after a fire. There we enjoyed a really pleasant experience of hospitality.