Friday, 16 September 2011

Buckingham Palace - The Mews

The bridle car of Cate and William


The Coronation carriage

The stables

Afternoon Coffee at Buckingham Palace - very tasty

The mugs - got lost in transit

The tea room

The Queens back verandah

The backyard

The token English Bobby

The Palace guides - no photos were allowed in the Palace


London

We changed trains here for London

Beautiful old station

The platform where our train was to arrive

Typicl London red Bus

Hammersmith railway station - walking distance from our hotel - catching a train to Tower Hill

Tower Bridge

Another view of Tower Bridge, London

The London Eye

Big Ben

Big Ben - zoomed in

Our road trip from Edzell to Brotton via Saltburn by the Sea

The Forth Rail Bridge

The Forth road bridge

Some of the east coastline of England

One leg in Scotland and one leg in England

The sign on the other side of the road

The view from our hotel window in Brotton England

The 'Cliff Lifts' at Saltburn by the Sea for a quick and easy trip upto the shopping centre - a beautiful seaside town

The Lifts

View from the pier onto the beach

Evening view towards a cliff

View from the end of the pier - top of the cliff is the shopping centre

Our tour has been and gone and here are some pics - Scotland

The road through the Oak Forest heading towards Edzell in Scotland


View out to sea, Brechin, Scotland

Hankering for a taste of ye olde 'smokies' (smoked herrings)

A variety of fish goodies

Delicious Scotish strawberries

A short drive from where we were staying

Windy, refreshing and clean

Renovators dream

Beautiful bridge

Hawrthorn fly



A leisurely morning stroll through the forest

harebells




Hedgehog - my first experience in seeing a hedgehog in the wild