Bangor
#DestinationScotland North Down Museum packs a lot into a small space, telling the history of the area from the Bronze Age to the present day. But you have to find it first. it was only a few miles from where …
Month: August 2023
Belfast? – Linenopolis!
#DestinationScotland John Bradbury reprised his Tour Guide role at 2pm as we set off on my second walking tour of Belfast City Centre. There was some crossover in the footprint of the walk but I didn’t mind that as the …
Belfast Blue Plaques Walking Tour
#DestinationScotland The next morning at precisely 11.00am, as Belfast’s ancient Linen Hall Library clock was striking in the reception area. I met my guide again. He had been there the previous day when I went to enquire about my tickets. …
Fifth Stop – Belfast
#DestinationScotland My first stop in the UK was Belfast, I was here to visit my eldest granddaughter, and after being made to feel very welcome in her home, I made my first solo foray into the city. The homepage of …
Fourth Stop: En route to the Guggenheim!
#Destination Scotland As I had been driving up through Spain it came to me that there is more to Bilbao than a Ferry Port! The industrial city in northern Spain bristles with skyscrapers tightly surrounded by green mountains. It is …
Third Stop – Madrid
#DestinationScotland Another long held dream is realised with my visit to the Prado. Parking Montalbán is a convenient location to leave one’s car, just a short walk from the huge complex which was originally constructed to house the Natural History …
Second Stop – Toledo
#Destination Scotland The beauty of using satnav, is that you can search for parking spaces close to the venue that you intend to visit. This is how I found myself inching up the narrow, twisting cobbled streets of Toledo, to …