EST

Monday 3-Nov-1997

1530 leave Marlboro with Mike + Rebecca & Gregory + Brian
1630 Arrive at Logan
1640 check in
1700 Legal Seafood - Fish & Chips
1930 board plane
2050 take off
2200 Beef - It's what's for dinner

GMT

Tuesday 4-Nov-1997

0630 croissant & yogurt (The first I've ever had)
0740 land

0745 Spot first McDonalds
0930 Rent car
1030 Marks & Spencer
1040 Burger King
1230 Visit Caroline in Cookham
1330 Sleepwalk along Thames
1430 Arrive at Primrose Hill B&B
1700 return to Caroline's
1730 Eat "Toad in a hole" (The first I've ever had)
2100 return to Primrose Hill
2130 bed

Wednesday 5-Nov-1997

0400 Wake up and read
0800 Grapefruit, Corn Flakes, Toast, Eggs, Bacon, Sausage, OJ

1100 Park at Jill & Phil's walk along Thames
1400 Shopping in Maidenhead
1430 Bacon Baguette (The first I've ever had)
1600 visit Caroline
1700 return to Primrose Hill
1900 "The Harvester" restaurant - Ribs
2100 return to Primrose Hill
2200 bed

Thursday 6-Nov-1997

0300 wake up and read
0530 bed
0800 Grapefruit, Musli (The first I've ever had), Toast, Eggs, Bacon, Sausage, OJ
1100 Head to Stonehenge
1220 Mail postcard to parents from Amesbury
     (My father was born/raised in Amesbury MA)
1230 Lunch - Fish & Chips & Smoke
1400 arrive at Stonehenge, you just drive over a hill and there it is.

1600 go to Avebury - inspect stone circle

1800 return to Primrose Hill
2000 Caffe Uno - Italian Mixed Grill (meat)
2200 bed

Friday 7-Nov-1997

0700 wake and read
0800 Grapefruit, Musli w/milk (The first time I've ever put milk on cereal), Toast, Eggs, Bacon, Sausage, OJ
1000 visit Caroline
1100 photo op at T.G.I. Friday's in High Wycombe

1105 Asda - good in store music (British oldies)
     they had no Microsoft lingerie in stock
     Leave APX film for processing (2-3 days)
1300 visit Caroline
1500 visit Cliveden

1630 check in at Sheephouse Manor
1800 visit Caroline
1900 Chequers (MS spell checker suggests Cheers) Pub/Rest. - Roast Beef and Alabama Rock Cake (The first I've ever had) (it was on the menu next to Mississippi Mud Pie)
2100 bed

Saturday 8-Nov-1997

0730 wake
0830 Musli, Egg, Sausage, Toast
1000 Shopping in Maidenhead - buy more sweatpants
1230 Sheephouse
1300 Shopping in Maidenhead
1310 McDonalds - #3 plain
1500 Sheephouse
1800 Guy Fawkes Day bonfire in rain - hot dog
2000 Sheephouse
2400 bed

Sunday 9-Nov-1997

0830 Wake
0830 Corn Flakes, Egg, Ham, Toast
1145 go to Maidenhead station to activate 8 day First Class train passes
1150 Thames Train from Maidenhead to Paddington
1230 Paddington - buy obligatory bear for sister
1300 Underground to Victoria Station
1305 American Steak House - Steak
1400 Double Deck bus tour

1500 Imperial War Museum
1545 Imperial War Museum Cafe - pecan pie and Fanta
1700 Underground to Paddington
1730 Thames Train to Maidenhead
1900 "The Harvester" rest. - Ribs
2100 Sheephouse
2300 bed

Monday 10-Nov-1997

0700 wake
0730 Corn Flakes, Egg, Ham, Toast
1000 Asda - pick up unprocessed APX film
1100 return car in Maidenhead
1200 Paddington
1230 Trafalgar Square - feed pigeons
 

1330 Visit site of "St. Dunstan's of the East" church
     build 950 AD
     Thomas Follansbee born nearby in 1637
     burnt in 1666 in London Fire
     Rebuilt by Christopher Wren
     burnt by Nazis
     Now just a steeple and walls, the inside is a grassy park.
 
1400 cross Tower Bridge
1410 Everyone else want to tour H.M.S. Belfast, I take Tower Bridge tour.

1500 Meet at Belfast

1530 cross London Bridge
1630 Underground Tower Hill - Paddington
1650 Thames train to Maidenhead
1800 walk to Sheephouse
1900 dine in
2000 TV and plan how to get to Edinburgh
2430 bed

Tuesday 11-Nov-1997

2000 M&R return from fancy dinner
2300 bed

Wednesday 12-Nov-1997

0600 wake
0610 Walk to/around Edinburgh Castle
0750 watch sun rise on Castle

0800 McDonalds
0830 breakfast at Castle House - toast
0930 walk to Castle with Mike and boys
1000 tour Edinburgh Castle with boys

1200 return to Castle House

1230 Burger King with boys
1300 Double Deck tour of Edinburgh
1400 drop 4 rolls APX film off for one hour developing
1420 John Lewis cafeteria - Bacon roll
1500 pick up photos
1600 return to Castle House, sort pictures
1700 walk to Gordon's Tratoria - Veal Cordon Bleu
1900 walk around
2200 bed

Thursday 13-Nov-1997

0600 wake
0610 walk to train station
0620 reservation desk isn't open yet
0630 take a L2.00 shower
0700 get Aberdeen - Inverness train reservation
0820 return to Castle House
0830 Eggs, Bacon, toast
1010 taxi to train station
1020 M&R want train straight to Inverness
1025 I take train to Aberdeen
1257 Arrive in Aberdeen (the ride was pretty but Aberdeen isn't)
1310 train to Inverness (All alone in First Class)
1410 stop 1 minute in Huntly, get photo in station
1525 arrive in Inverness
1545 find McDonalds
1600 walk around Inverness Castle (too new, but great view of town)
1630 go to info booth for map
     info person shows me not only where Fairfield Road is, but where I currently am also.
1645 arrive at Hawthorn Lodge (15 Fairfield Road) no one home
1745 M&R return to Hawthorn, they had arrived at 1510, taxied to Hawthorn and gone walking.

Friday 14-Nov-1997

0800 wake
0830 Eggs, Sausage, Bacon, Toast, OJ
1045 Take train to Kyle of Lochalsh
1100 pass through Dingwall, birthplace of Macbeth.
1330 arrive at Kyle of Lochalsh

1400 Fish & Chips
1500 bus to Isle of Skye

Saturday 15-Nov-1997

0800 wake
0800 eggs, bacon, toast

0920 reserve seats on Sunday train to London
0930 reserve Hotel rooms in Forte Posthouse near Gatwick for Sunday Night
1000 take Loch Ness Monster tour
     visit Macbeth Castle site
     see Duncan's grave from bus
1030 tour James Pringle woolen mill
1040 buy Nick Faldo shirts at mill store
1100 Loch Ness, touch it, photo it, be photo'd with it

1230 see Divach Lodge where J.M.Barrie wrote Peter Pan
1300 visit "Official Loch Ness visitor Center" (the newer "Original Loch Ness visitor center" was closed for the season)
1430 return to Inverness
1730 walk to Dickens restaurant - pork cordon bleu
1945 return to Hawthorn Lodge
1950 set out on foot for Duncan's grave (he's an ancestor after all)

1955 set out on foot for Duncan's grave with camera
2025 arrive at grave, take photos

2026 return
2040 notice really lively pub with flashy lights and chic patrons
2041 stop next door at McDonalds for a Fanta
2045 phone Mom
2100 return to Hawthorn Lodge
2110 read
2430 bed

Sunday 16-Nov-1997

0730 wake
0800 eggs, bacon, toast
0940 catch the Highland Chieftain (due in London at 1810)
1000 lose rear engine (glad it wasn't the plane)
1100 train becomes "The little engine that couldn't" near Birnham.
1330 spare engine arrives from Perth
1430 oncoming trains pass, we can now use the line
2200 Arrive at London King's Cross
2220 underground to Victoria Station
2240 board Gatwick Express
2330 arrive at Gatwick
2340 watch Europa courtesy van pick up it's passengers
2350 Forte Posthouse courtesy van picks us up
2400 arrive at Forte Posthouse
2401 clerk says "Mrs R Harris who???"
2402 we show our reservation
2403 they express theirs: "This reservation says Europa!"
2403.5 Rebecca thinks unkind thoughts towards Pat @ Thomas Cook in Inverness
2405 taxi is called (10-15 minutes)
2435 taxi arrives
2445 we arrive at Europa
2530 bed

Monday 17-Nov-1997

0700 wake - already seems like the longest birthday of my life
0845 shuttle to Gatwick
0930 check in
1000 the others snack in airport restaurant
1030 board plane
1120 pilot says "Our flight time today is 6 hours, 34 minutes"
1121 I set timer on watch
1130 Plane starts down runway, I press start on watch

EST

1304 Plane lands at Logan
1304.2 timer on watch goes off
1340 get luggage
1400 get Logan express bus to Framingham
1430 Framingham never looked so good
1445 M&R friend picks us up
1515 arrive at Stone Hill Road
1730 Andy comes over
1830 Andy drives me home