Edinburgh
After leaving Berlin we flew into Edinburgh which is the
capital of Scotland. The first day we were there we went to do lots of shopping.
I bought a nice warm coat. In the evening we went to a pub for dinner then went
into the gardens on in front of Edinburgh Castle where you needed special
tickets, which we had, to watch the fireworks because it was the best view. The
fireworks were loud and spectacular.
We spent the next day exploring Edinburgh but at night we
decided to do a Ghost Tour. We met near the Mercat Cross where they told us
about what they used to criminals there. It was pretty horrible. Then we went
into the square near the church where they told us about a man who they had to
hang twice and his ghost appears on the anniversary of his hanging.
Then we walked around some of the Closes and heard some more
scary and ghost stories. After this we went into the vaults under Edinburgh
which are supposed to be haunted. We heard ghost stories about Mr Boots, a
Cobbler and little boy called Jack who the story goes went into the vaults
looking for a lost toy and never came back. The ghost tour was not that scary
and I wrote in their visitors book that it should be scarier.
Because I hadn’t been too scared on the ghost tour Mum and
Dad decided that I could go into the Dungeons which is supposed to be very
scary because there is actors to make it scary. We went into various rooms like
a court with a judge who shouted a lot, a scary boat ride and cave and even a
show where my Dad got pulled up on stage and they pretended to chop his ear
off. I was pretty scared by some of the things but it was funny watching Daddy
on stage and I really liked it.
On a bit of an explore we came across the Scottish Museum
and had a look inside. We saw lots of animals and science exhibits. I liked
driving the formula 1 car and being an astronaut.
It was finally time to leave Edinburgh which was a city that
I really really liked.
Falkirk Wheel
Mum and Dad really wanted to show us and go on the Falkirk
wheel. It is a wheel that takes canal boats from one high canal to a low one.
It goes really high in the air and you get to see a bird in the canal. It is
still the only one like it in the world. Then we had a play in the water movement
park which was really different and fun.
Harry Potter Train
We drove through the Highlands of Scotland for a couple of
days which were pretty but we were in the car for a long time. We arrived in
Fort William for a special surprise which Mum and Dad wouldn’t tell us about
before. We woke up in the morning and saw a steam train in the station. We were
catching it and going through the highlands and over the bridge from the flying
car scene in Harry Potter. They also had some compartments from the film.
At the end of the line we explored the village, saw a seal
in the water and I posted a postcard for my Grandad.
We got a good view and it was really cool to have gone on
it.
Blackpool
It was kids days when we went to Blackpool so Emma and I
could chose whatever we wanted to do. Our first choice was to go to the water
park that had lots of really fun waterslides. We got to ride heaps of times without lining
up and we had lots of fun.
After the water park we played some of the arcades, rode
dodge-em cars, played air hockey and basketball games. We had fish and chips
and bought some Blackpool Rock with “Georgia” written in it.
When it was dark it was time for what I’d been waiting for,
the Blackpool Illuminations. My Grandad used to show me a DVD of them when I
was little and I really wanted to see them. We got to see them from the tram
and in a car. My favourite things were the beans and the motorcyclist jumping
the buses, but they were all awesome.
York
We were driving to York and Mum and Dads said that this is
one of our favourite towns. I said how can we believe you because you always
say every town we go to is your favourite town.
In York there are lots of medieval streets that have wonky
buildings because they are so old. We walked down lots of them.
One of the most famous streets is call the Shambles. It is a
very narrow street and the tops of the buildings stick out so when they threw
their buckets of poo out it wouldn’t run down the walls.
We had lunch at a Haunted Pub called the Golden Fleece and
since it was Friday the 13th it was a very scary day and we read some ghost
stories from there.
From here we had a quick walk around the walls and went to the railway museum. I saw some of the carriages from the olden days used by the Queen and how they used to sort the mail. There were lots of steam trains and everyone, especially my Dad, loved it.
