Category: Another country
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Glasgow
Glasgow is where I traced my Scotish ancestry to on my mother’s side. The last Fraser to be born in Scotland on her side of the family was born in Glasgow. Besides that, my all time favourite comedian, Billy Connolly is from Glasgow so those two reasons were enough for me to choose Glasgow as…
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Facts and Fiction
Of course we are chasing castles, we are in Scotland! Today we knocked over three of them. The first being Blackness Castle. This castle was used in Outlander as Fort William where Jamie got flogged and earned those famous scars on his back. Also featured in the movies Outlaw King and Mary Queen of Scots.…
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Edinburgh in a day
Complete and utter madness to attempt Edinburgh in a day is what I can hear people in the know saying. It was somewhat bonkers, but it was the time we had and of course the main target was Edinburgh Castle. Before we came we boughta Historic Scotland Explorer Pass which gave us 14 days to…
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Castle to Castle
We got going early after stirring our travelling companions from their sleep in 😴 Today we had some things to check off the list before getting to our end destination which was Melville Castle where we had rooms booked. Who doesn’t want to sleep in a Castle at least once in their life? First stop…
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Bonnie Scotland
The ultimate destination and dream was always Scotland and today we got there! The trip from Redcar to the border was mostly highway but we did spot some castles along the way. The border sign, if I’m honest, was underwhelming but I was so very happy to see it! I had hoped for a sign…
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Chasing family history
We left Liverpool pretty early. It was a good time to manage the traffic and Big Bertha through the city. Destination set to Redcar where my Great Grandfather was born and lived until his family immigrated to Canada. Great Grandpa lived with us most of my childhood and his recollection of Redcar never painted a…
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Home on wheels
The predominant goal for this trip was to explore Scotland but with both English and Scottish ancestry, we decided that some of our time should be spent exploring England on the way north to bonnie Scotland. The pick up location was north of London in a town called Harlington. This meant it was time for…
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London calling
Not a city girl, but when your flight lands in London for your UK adventure, it would be silly not to take the opportunity to explore and find all those iconic landmarks! Besides that, when you land with 24+ hours of flight time behind you at 5:30am (not including the time we left home to…
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Fiji Family Trip
When your siblings live far away from one another, time and busy lives makes it challenging to catch up. For us it has been 11 years since we have all been in the same place at the same time. We started a plan 11 months ago to have an adventure together with our parents. We…
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Tubing Cowichan River
Our last day in Canada was right in the middle of a heat wave. In all our time around water here we were yet to get in the water for a swim. My cousin Joe had mentioned to me about tubing the Cowachin River and when I asked his sister, Carolyn about it she said…
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