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More Dublin and our return home, Sept 16th, 17th & 18th.
I am finishing this blog from home, since we were busy and internet access was slow at the Air BnB. Sept 16th: Peg and I are not city people, we appreciate them but prefer more open, less populated areas. That said we enjoyed a day visiting Dublin proper, using the same bus tour we used…
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Ireland – Dublin to be exact.
Prior to our Taxi ride Peg had booked us on a tour of the Dublin outskirts. We went to … you guessed it, gardens and to some unique places outside of Dublin. We saw horses, cows, sheep, heather, heath, boggs and some very nice little towns. It was a very enjoyable day exploring. We had…
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Day 10 & 11 – Sept 13th & 14th
Today it is up early and get started, we have an appointment at the Falkirk Wheel we don’t want to miss. The day is just wonderful, blue skies and the water is a mirror. This what I love about being on the water, great weather and still waters. Getting hung on the cill is a…
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Day 9 – Sept 12th.
Today is an easy travel day, back to Linlithgow. I remembered some fun things I just didn’t get a picture of on the way up, so I kept an eye out for them. We docked in Linlithgow, went on a walk and had dinner at Mason Belles Kitchen. The food was wonderful and the service…
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Day 8 – Sept. 11th Starting the return trip
So our tour time is coming to an end, the boat needs to be back in Falkirk Monday morning. Since we travel so fast (most walkers and all joggers outpace us) it is time to start back. Since this is a repeat of the getting there I am not taking many pictures. Just things I…
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Days 5, 6 & 7 – Lots to catch up on
This is a long post – lots of pictures and few words. I hope you enjoy. A few things you learn on a boat of this size, one it is tight quarters; everyone is on the same (or very close) schedule; and your electrical connections are limited. For one thing Europe is not AC but…
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Day 4 – Traveling Sept. 7th
Today was mainly a travel day to Ratho. The weather was cloudy for the majority of the day and it rained in the afternoon. Then as expected as we tried to dock, the rain was the worst, and thus the male occupants got wet. It is hard to get good pictures that actually show the…
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The adventures at Linlithgow – Museums, castles and a Church
First off I have caught-up on posting gallery pictures, so take a look there. Also all pictures can be enlarged by clicking on them. Enjoy! So today was a zero mile day, we toured the castle, two museums and had a fun lunch in Linlithgow. We started at the castle, where Mary Queen of Scotts…
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Let’s recap day 2 on the canal
So we started out from our last mooring at Redding round 9ish. Skys were clear and it was crisp but not cold. Winds last night were gale force (at least it sounded like that). Today the winds were light with occassional gusts. The canal is narrow and from here to the mooring in Linlithgow it…
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Exploring Edinburgh: A Boater’s Adventure on the Canals
We started on the 3rd in Richmond, flying to Laguardia in NY., where Bruce and Linda picked us up and we went to JFK for our flight to Edinburgh, Scotland. The flights were pretty uneventful (small delays, but nothing problematic). Our flight to Scotland was an evening/night flight, but rest was the best we could…
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