Outdoors With Hank – Wild Game

The Grand Finale to the Adventure

The Isle of Skye On this day we had a full day of sightseeing with an excursion to the Isle of Skye, considered to be the loveliest of all the Scottish islands. The Isle of Skye is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island has been occupied since the Mesolithic period, and its history includes a time of Norse rule and a long period of domination by Clan MacLeod and Clan Donald. About a third of the residents were Gaelic speakers in 2001. The morning rides were exceptionally beautiful as the heather was just starting to bloom. The Heather was just starting to bloom. In the more mountainous areas it was really blooming. Highland Countryside We had lunch on our own in Skye and it was outstanding. Fish and chips with a side of slaw were outstanding. There was an enormous piece of cod and it

Twenty-one Days in Britain (The Finale +2)

The flag of Scotland We took the train from London Glasgow to join the next segment of this adventure. Now for senior citizens, like ourselves, this is a bit of an adventure in itself. The cab ride to the train station was uneventful, but the drivers do not take American money and the credit card system in the cab was not working. We just barely made the fare and left the driver a tip. We had bought the tickets in advance and all we had was a sheet of paper with some number on it. Entering the station there was a group of kiosks that seemed like the place where we should go. It was. Entering the numbers produced tickets just as we had ordered. Next step was to figure out where to go. Fortunately the station has people working there that must look for people like us who look totally lost. It is the

Twenty-one Days in Britain (Days 8-15

This is heaven for Pam as she walked the beautiful gardens in this magnificent estate now in trust for the world to see and appreciate. On this day we embarked on a comfortable coach ride through the splendid British countryside- a landscape which English author Ben Aaronovitch described as being so photogenically rural. Along the way we stopped at Bodnant Garden a historic horticultural gem located in North Wales. We have time to wander the paths of this beautiful estate and smell the flowers. Then we continue on to the seaside resort town of Llandudno for the next two nights. This is how the landed gentry used to live. Our guide told us that many of these enormous estates were now in a trust and maintained for the public to enjoy. All we have shown here is four pictures, but we took over 40 as we strolled through the gardens. Checking into our

Twenty-one Days in Britain (Days1-7)

The national flag of the United Kingdom is the Union Jack, also known as the Union Flag. The current design of the Union Jack dates from the union of Ireland and Great Britain in 1801. Stepping off the plane after ten flying hours out of Omaha, and four hours on the ground in Newark we arrived in Edinburgh Scotland in the morning. No activities were planned this day as people joining the tour would be arriving all day. The first thing that struck us was how easy it was to go through customs, and then onto immigration. We did not get our passports stamped as this is the European Union. This was a major disappointment as we like to have our passports stamped for each country we have visited. We were met at the airport by our guide and brought this up to him. He just shrugged it off as he travels Europe all