Round the World in 90 days!

Leaving Oxford we got back on the bus and headed north for York. We arrived there in the afternoon at walked around the city. Being a Sunday we wanted to go to church and sat in the Evensong 4pm service at York Minster which is the 2nd in charge of the Church of England. We didn't know where to sit so we sat in these rather nice pews only to find out as the service started with the full bells and whistles that we sat right behind the choir. Some of the choir members were not amused and as they marched in glared at us! A very different service - the whole service was done in song. Not bad - and it was awesome to hear the acoustics of a really really really old catherdral.

THe evening after dinner we went on a Ghost tour and heard some of the grusome ghost tales of York. Whilst out walking around the city it absolutely poured down on us - so not much fun.

The next morning an early start for our journey up to Edinburgh. Edinburgh was a nice city. We had a whole day to check it out. A nice sunny day - such a welcome change! We went up to the Castle, where they were starting to assemble the grandstands for teh Military Tatoo (which doesn't start until end of July). We walked around the city and in the afternoon tried to find a laundromat to get some needed washing done - and the receptionist gave us the wrong directions so we ended up walking all around Edinburgh. Not fun. Actually I was quite mad at this. Then it decided to rain on us as we gave up to get back to our hotel for dinner. Again not happy Jan!

This morning another early start - we drove up into the highlands and our tour manager had the great idea for us to walk through gail force hail through St Andrews and to check out the 18th hole where Golf had been invented. I hate Golf and especially gail force rain that somehow finds its ways into your shoes and ear canals. No one was amuzed. Took me the rest of the day to cool down and dry out! We continued up the highland and dropped into the Glenlenit distillery and saw how whiskey is made and had a taste - mmmm nice.

We are now staying at a little town (pop 400) called Tomiturl. Jo had a really sore throat and I wanted to take her to see a doctor. So we went this afternoon to the local. We arrived about 5.40pm and was told to wait outside the closed doctor's office - till the Doctor came. The Doctor rocked up at 5.50pm on his bike. He had been exercising - so snot was all over his face. As he was getting off the bike his mobile rang. He quickly raced into his office and said, "I will be 5 minutes". He then got back on his bike and proceeded to stack it twice right in front of us! He then appeared in his landrover, got out of the car -raced into the office and came back out with a whole heap of medical equipment. He said' should only be 15 minutes lady has had a heart attack". Ok! In his fluster he lost his keys to the office. So not knowing or trusting us he knocks on the residence next door and asks the lady to babysit us till he gets back. We got chatting with the lady. 20 minutes pass and the Doc's wife rocks up - lets us inside and then gives us the typical waiting forms to fill in. 20 minutes later the doc comes back. He then tells us - oh my defribulator wasn't working to give the old lady heart a boost. He then worked out that her electric blanket was causing the problem. Then all went well from there! ok. He checks out Jo and says oh i'll give you some Penicillin. As he is chatting on his computer he brings up the wrong Penicillin and says oh better not give you that one - it will kill you.

What a day!

Heading off tomorrow to Glasgow and then ontol Liverpool the following day. Both Jo and I are really looking forward to getting on the place to get to Bangkok and some warm weather. We are both counting down the days till warmth!