- Edinburgh-Middlesborough: The first leg took us south, across the border with a quick stop at Hadrians Wall (what's left of it), before we set up camp for the night (not literally) just north of Middlesborough at a undiscovered gem called Stockton. Stockton is an absolute backwater and home to the worst hostel on the planet - Metro Inns Stockton.
- Middlesborough-Mancheter-Glasgow: We sadly departed Stockton at the earliest possible hour to trek south to Manchester - home of Manchester United (and Manchester City for that matter). Cade was in his element at Old Trafford. Apprently his highlight of the trip (possibly life?). From here we went north up to the picturesque Lakes District for a few hours. Being a weekend and the best weather England has ever seen, it was full of tourists. Our final leg was a dash for the border to make the following day as easy as possible. Because we were too tightass to pay for accomodation, the three of us spent a comfortable night in the VW Polo rental car.
- Glagow-Fort William: Fresh off a good nights sleep, we headed north to Fort William to see the famous Loch Ness. The weather turned bad making driving difficult but cleared momentarily for some photo opportunities. Unfortunately we didn't spot the monster - probably because it doesn't exist (I was sucked in by a Loch Ness science museum we went to).
- Fort William-Edinburgh: We woke early so Sam could get her Harry Potter fix and see some train bridge featured in one of the movies. In reality this bridge isn't as tall, long or as 'grand' as Hollywood made it look. After a brief stop over in Glasgow to bid farewells to my family, we returned the car an hour late and got flogged accordingly.
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