(Tuesday 4 July) In deference to my knee, it was decided that we'd take the hop on hop off bus. Thankyou Malcolm and Phillip! We started...

Kieran kindly took us to the airport for our flight to Reykjavik, battling roadworks on the way. No idea why, but our flight left quite...

Saturday we went shopping at Marks and Sparks followed by a lovely lunch at a farm shop cafe (including haggis). But of course the best...

We left sparkly Perth and arrived to foggy London and spent several hours waiting for our flight to Glasgow. We managed to get a fair...

House sitter, cat sitter, dog sitter - all arranged. We're off to Glasgow, Iceland and the Outer Hebrides in July! Looking forward to it!

On arrival at Narita airport, checked in smoothly and went to the lounge where we met our good friend Maree, who was also on her way home...

Not much to show today. Lazy morning then plane trip from Osaka to Tokyo to airport hotel. Quiet dinner at the hotel looking over the...

We had been told the Ōsaka Aquarium was worth seeing so off we went with Yvonne and June. It did turn out to be good too. You go up the...

Didn’t want things to be too quiet without our partners in crime and the rest of the tour group so we went down to the Dotonbori area and...

It seems to have come quickly but we’ve seen and done a lot of things! First stop was Himeji Castle regarded as the finest surviving...

Saturday We travelled from Kyoto to Ōsaka today but before leaving Kyoto we visited the Togetsukyo Bridge with views of the western hills...

Friday 8 November Had a leisurely breakfast followed by a wander around the shopping complex at the station. Went right to the top of...

We set off on a local train this morning- just a couple of stops - to go to the Fushimi Inari Shrine. There are supposed to be more than...

Getting a bit blasé about bullet trains now. First task was to distribute winnings to lucky cup sweep winners. I got first! 4,000! Wish...

It was a beautiful day for a boat trip to Miyajima Island. First stop was at the locally made handicrafts store to learn about shakushi...

Didn’t think I’d have much to say today as it was a travel day from Takayama via Nagoya on a limited express day then a Shinkansen bullet...

Today we started out with a visit to a morning market with a variety of interesting things (and lots of carp in the river) Then we were...

Travelled by bullet train from Odawara to Nagoya and then on to Takayama. As there isn’t much room on bullet trains we packed an...

But we slept better than we thought we would. Back on the bus again this morning to Lake Ashi for a short cruise. It was a beautiful...