Kevin's apartment in Ulverston where we stayed.

Ulverston Train Station.

We went to Cartmel to see the steeplechase.

Cartmel steeplechase

Train station in Oxenholme on our way to Edinburgh.

The weather was nice when we stepped outside the train station after arriving in Edinburgh.

This is how the streets looked in Edinburgh.

Some random shutterbug (ok, it's me)

"The Hub". Built from 1842 - 1845. Originally a church, it became The Hub in 1979. It's used by the Edinburgh International Festival. There's a cafe inside also.

Edinburgh Castle: Half-Moon Battery built in the 16th century

Statue of William Wallace -Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle: Half-Moon Battery

Edinburgh Castle: Foog's Gate (17th Century)

Edinburgh Castle: Foog's Gate with St Margaret's Chapel visible in the background. The chapel is the oldest building in the castle, dating from 1130.

View from Edinburgh Castle. The water visible in the background of these shots is the Firth of Forth. It's an estuary (firth) of the river Forth where it flows into the North Sea.

View from Edinburgh Castle of the hills called Salisbury Crags (150 ft. cliffs) and Arthur's Seat (820ft). They are in the 650 acre Holyrood Park (aka Queen's Park). The dome in the foreground is the Talbot Rice Gallery.

Edinburgh Castle: Mons Meg cannon. Made in 1449. A 6 ton gun that shot 330lb gun stones. Argyle Tower roof the the right.

View from Edinburgh Castle Forewall Battery

View from Edinburgh Castle. The building with the clock is the Balmoral Hotel. The distant tower is the Nelson Monument (1807-1815, 100ft tall) on Calton Hill, an extinct volcano. The columns next to the tower comprise the National Monument. aka Edinburgh's Folly/Disgrace because money ran out before it was completed (1829).

Inside Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle: Other side of Scottish National War Memorial. Crown Square

Edinburgh Castle: Royal Palace. Crown Square

Edinburgh Castle: The Great Hall (1511)

Edinburgh Castle: Vaults under Queen Anne's building and the Great Hall used for prison cells and storage.

Edinburgh Castle: Portcullis Gate (16th Century) under Argyle Tower

The Scott Monument in Edinburgh. 200ft high. Built in 1846 in commenoration of Sir Walter Scott.

St Giles Cathedral (Mostly rebuilt after a fire in 1385)

Streets of Edinburgh

Calton Hill: Governor's House on the right. Hamilton's Obelisk to Political Martyrs on the left.

Balmoral Hotel and North Bridge

View out window of apartment. The building we're in is much like the buildings you see across the street.

Doune Castle: This is the castle was used in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. -No Frenchman were scene on the premises.

Doune Castle

Doune Castle

Some of the mountains in the Scottish highlands. (taken from the tour bus)

Oban Scotland

Kilchurn Castle -we have a coffee table book that has a picture of this castle with mysteriously missing power lines...

Inveraray Castle

Inveraray Castle

Highland cattle, and that's no bull. (Inveraray Castle grounds)

View out the front window of the tour bus.

View from Rest and be Thankful.

Buckingham Palace: West or Garden Front

Outside Buckingham Palace -facing away to the crowds of tourists on the east side. The distant statue is the Victoria Memorial.

Buckingham Palace: East Front. We did go inside, but no photography was allowed.

The London Eye. It's 443ft high, and we went on it. The building next to it is London County Hall, though it houses tourist attractions now.

Views of the city from the London Eye. The domed building is St Paul's Cathedral. The barely visible bridge is Blackfriar's Bridge. The tall building left of center is CityPoint (417ft, aka Brittanic House). The tall building right of center is Broadgate Tower (538ft). On the far left are some apartment towers (Lauderdale Tower, Barbican Estate). The building in the foreground right side is used by IBM.

Amanda and Kevin...