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We spent three weeks touring England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Beginning in London, we traveled north to Scotland,
then south- westerly to Wales, then across the Irish Sea by ferry to Ireland. After a week in Ireland we took the ferry back
across Saint George's Channel and spent another day in Wales and two days in southwestern England before heading back to London.
The trip was with Globus Tours and it was well organized and very informative! It was great to have everything arranged for us. We stayed in very nice hotels, got to see some beautiful scenery, lots of important places and many interesting landmarks. We feel we got a very good overall view of the four countries. There were 44 people on the tour, 34 from Australia, 8 from the United States, and 2 from Canada. It was a friendly and fun-loving group, and we had a good time together. Our tour director, Geoff, was fantastic, offering interesting history, stories, and songs as we traveled across the countryside. The coach was comfortable, had large windows which were great for sight-seeing, and our driver, Harry, was excellent at handling the coach, even on the narrowest roads. Altogether, it was a great adventure! We lucked out on the weather, too! Often the weather would change several times during the day. It could be a beautiful sunny day and then clouds would move in and it'd be gray and drizzly, or it could be showery and quickly turn to sunshine. However, only twice did we have to get on our rain gear to venture out. It rained mostly while we were on the coach or in our hotels. The photos in this gallery are displayed in order. After looking at a photo, simply click on that photo to see the next one. Below each large photo you'll find small thumb nail versions of the next 15 photos. If you want to move ahead, click on the thumb nail of the photo that you want to see next, and you will skip ahead to that photo. You can only go back by clicking the "Back" button on your browser, so it's best not to skip around too much. Most photos are accompanied by descriptions. Descriptions are shown above the large photos and, on some browsers, they can also be seen by placing your mouse pointer over the small thumb nail versions of the photos. There are almost 700 photos in this gallery, so you might want to view it in stages. We have separated the gallery into several parts so that you can view them one at a time, if you wish. Links are provided below. When you reach the last photo, clicking on that photo will bring you back to this page again. We hope you enjoy the trip with us!
Part 1 - Trip to London and our time in London |