Old blighty

It really is lovely being back in the UK. Shops you can walk into, out of or even just past without being hasseled to buy anything. We can even understand what people are saying most of the time.

On arrival from Morocco we made our way to our good friend Helen's place for some home cooked meals and TLC. The next day we wandered around the Tower of London before checking out the Christmas decorations/ lights/ shennanigans at various department stores (Harrods etc) and at the winter festival in Hyde Park. Lovely lovely.

On Monday we picked up a rental car, spent a couple of hours at London Zoo (catching up with an old friend) before heading onto Chester.

Tuesday was a lap of Chester's city wall (started by the romans don't ya know it) and a drive up to Windermere in the Lake District.

Wednesday was a fantastic day spent bumbling around the Lake District which was looking absolutely gorgeous. When the sun set we headed on up to friends Heley and Forbes in Scotland (Stirling to be exact).

Have spent the last couple of days catching up with our generous and lovely hosts (who have also had the honour and privilege of hosting me at their homes in Sydney and Perth (Australia) and spending some time in Glasgow and in the Highlands (we drove up to Glencoe today).

Anyway, pictures tell thousands of words so here you are....













......side note from Lisa: while in the UK I have felt just like Jane Austin (or Fanny Price or Elizabeth Bartlett or Emma et al, and Ian has morphed into Mark Darcy minus the wet shirt - for all you P & P folk)