Back on track

Well, the best laid plans . . .often go astray. I wasn't blog-savvy enough when I started this and during my trip to London and Scotland I tried to add material but just couldn't work it. Anyway back at the office now with the trip behind me and our clever Get Up & Go art director pointed out the simple way to get started again.

The trip was sensational and many of the folk on the bus tour were Get Up & Goers, mature, funny, well-travelled and ready for anything.

When I sort through my photos I'll download a couple to this site.

London: Economic woes? yes, but as the sun shone for three days in a row, the atmosphere was wonderful in the city and everyone came out to play in the sun. Deck chairs have been put out into Green Park for the sun worshippers. 

Newcastle-on-Tyne was the surprise. I expected a post-industrial drabness to greet us, but the city shines with hope and energy. It's a young city because of the university and there is obvious evidence of layers of fascinating history. But more about that in a future edition of Get Up & Go - and more about Scotland in my next blog - now that I know how to do it . . .

Leaving Scotland

Farwell to Scotland
It's been a quick wqeek as i travelled from Edinburgh to Glasgow, not the 35 mile trip across but by way of Inverness and the Isle of Skye. The Highlands are awesome, perfectly unadulterated, no signs, cables, advertising on the hillsides make it a clean sweep of mountains. Signposts are modest and discreet and all have a welcome attititude.
fave spots have been Rosslyn Chapel - no not because of the Da Vinci Code - I'd read about it before the book made such an inpact - Holy grail indeed, don't think it's buried in the chapel.
I've tasted haggis - not bad, drunk the coffee - pretty bad - met many Scots - great folk and flashed the plastic at a couple of shops.
More to tell later.
Off to London to see the Queen tomorrow.
Ed