July 18-19: 1000 miles around Britain

Unbelievably, we drove our rental car 1050 miles in four days! The following map shows our route from Liverpool to Edinburgh, our day trip in the Scottish Highlands on the 18th, and our journey from Edinburgh to London on the 19th:

By the way, it wasn't too difficult adjusting to driving on the left... it takes about a day to feel comfortable. However, being a pedestrian is a different story. On a couple of occasions in Edinburgh, Scott would step off the curb looking left. Jamie would pull him back as a car zoomed by from the right! Thankfully, in London, every crosswalk reminds pedestrians whether they should "Look Left" or "Look Right". Evidently too many tourists were getting hit!

We enjoyed a beautiful day in the Scottish Highlands. We traveled north to Inverness, then west to Loch Ness. There we visited the Castle Urqahart, which now lies in ruins due to wars with foreign invaders and between Scottish clans.

(Look closely in the background and you can see Nessie!)

On our trip south back to Edinburgh, we saw more castles and ruins of old homes and churches:

At times, traveling on some remote backroads of the Highlands, it was only us and sheep for miles around!

On the 19th, our long drive to London took us along the coast of the North Sea, where we visited the Bamburgh Castle:

We arrived in London that evening, 10 minutes before the rental car was due!