Touring Great Britain by Train

The June 10th Chicago Tribune Travel Section had a trip made by a reporter around the island of Great Britain by rail. He went the opposite way that my mom, cousins Graham and Vickie, and I made last summer. And, we went on a bus tour.

I will mention the places that we both visited. First, he went to York with its winding streets of Tudor buildings. Britain's largest medieval cathedral is there, the Minster, where he spent an hour "marveling at the soaring interiors of this Gothic masterpiece."

Next stop was Edinburgh, where we spent two nights on Princess Street. He also stayed on the same street, I wonder of it was the same place. He headed over to the Royal Mile right away. The next day, he toured the hilltop castle.

On Day 3, he visited Stratford-Upon-Avon, "where local lad Will Shakespeare once walked."  Since it is often overrun by tourists (what was he?), I head early to his birthplace, a handsome timber townhouse."

Day 5 he went to Bristol and had a take-out Cornish pasty. He then went to Salisbury and took a bus out to Stonehenge where "20 minutes later I'm circling the ancient site- along with hundreds of chattering visitors. I scan the horizon to count the age old burial mounds ringing the site."

Back at Salisbury, he went to the cathedral.

Unfortunately, I lost the front page which had the reporter's name.

Brought back some memories of the trip last year. Hope Graham, Vickie, and Mom also got some from these. That sure was some Britain guide book that Vickie had gotten from the local library. That book actually went to where it was describing. Then. of course, we got maps and were plotting our course.

I will continue our trip saga on this blog in the near future.

Sure Had a Great Time in England. --RoadDog