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Halloween 2022

Posted on October 18, 2022 by hedera

Walking around the neighborhood, I’ve noticed some really imaginative Halloween decorations, not just the purchased styrofoam tombstones (which have the same inscriptions in every yard!).  I’ve taken some photos, and if I find any more this good I’ll take more.  … Continue reading →

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Home from the Celtic Isles

Posted on July 17, 2022 by hedera

Yes, I wrote up Edinburgh Castle last November, and yes, that was the end of the tours to the Celtic Isles.  But  we still had to get home; and I found some notes about that trip in my travel diary … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh Castle

Posted on November 23, 2021 by hedera

As I promised in the last post, this one is dedicated to Edinburgh Castle.  The photos are all in the Edinburgh gallery; I won’t be posting all of them, so feel free to go look.  Here is the first photo … Continue reading →

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Finally, Edinburgh

Posted on October 16, 2021 by hedera

Having spent much of yesterday on a bus traveling from our last port to Glasgow, and then on to Edinburgh, we now spent this day riding around Edinburgh and vicinity on a bus.   I took some photos of Edinburgh streets … Continue reading →

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Touring Glasgow

Posted on September 6, 2021 by hedera

The day after we toured Glencoe and Glenfinnan (see The Scottish Highlands post), those of us who paid for the tour extension left the boat, with luggage, and were bused to Glasgow, for the first part of the extension. The … Continue reading →

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The Scottish Highlands

Posted on December 28, 2020 by hedera

On the last day of the actual tour we made two stops, at Glen Coe and Glenfinnan.  The photos for this day are all in the gallery Scottish Highlands.  We came ashore in the morning at Fort William, after breakfast … Continue reading →

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The Isle of Mull

Posted on August 23, 2020 by hedera

As I said in my last post, our trip to Iona ended with a ferry ride to the Isle of Mull, where the tour company had taken the bus we didn’t use on Iona.  In fact, the cruise instructions say … Continue reading →

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Iona

Posted on June 27, 2020 by hedera

Leaving Wales, we approached one of the spots that made me decide to take the cruise:  Iona.  Iona is a tiny island (about 1 mile wide by 4 miles long) off the west coast of Scotland, with a resident population … Continue reading →

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Touring Wales

Posted on March 25, 2020 by hedera

The gallery with photos of this day is Touring Wales.  There are many more photos of Bodnant Garden than I’ve included here. The sky was reasonably clear when the ship pulled into Holyhead harbor in Wales, but that was very … Continue reading →

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Dublin

Posted on December 2, 2019 by hedera

In a “Celtic lands” tour, it’s no surprise that we went to Dublin, although we only spent one day. The photo gallery for this day is Dublin, feel free to check it out for photos I didn’t include here. The … Continue reading →

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