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CHESTER, England| Self Guided Walking Tour (Cheshire)

August 17, 2019 by hollyGS

Here is the link to the self guided walking tour I’ve created in Chester, England. https://embed.alpacamaps.com/journey/c5c465d9-bc8a-11e9-96fe-067ec0c7e8f4/default STOP 1- East Gate and East Gate Clock We start our tour at the Eastgate and Eastgate Clock, where you can climb the stairs on the northeast side to walk along the wall in a clockwise direction. The Eastgate clock was added to the bridge (1899) in honour of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee (1897). It is said that Chester’s clock is the second most […]

Categories: england, Europe, united kingdom • Tags: backpacking, budget, cathedral ruins, cheap travel, cheshire, chester, chester cathedral, city walls, england, Europe, guide, king charles, map, medieval, memorial, north england, roman amphitheatre, roman ruins, self guided, tour, uk, united kingdom, walkong tour, what to do, what to see, world war 1, world war 2, york

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York to Chester by bus | Northern England (Where not to stay)

August 11, 2019 by hollyGS

We decided it would be much more cost effective to take the bus from York to Chester for £27.60 (two people) , as opposed to take the train which was well over three times the price. We booked our tickets online with national express (bus) and received an email confirmation (that wasn’t even required to board the bus, they had a list with our booking on it). The bus left the stop just opposite the York train station (#RJ) at […]

Categories: england, Europe, united kingdom • Tags: backpacking, budget travel, by bus, cheap europe, cheap travel, cheap UK, chester, chester sites, do it yourself, england, Europe, hostel, how to, national express, northern england, scary experience, self guided, timber houses, travel, tudor style, uk, united kingdom, walking tour, what to do, what to see, york, yorksire

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YORK, England |Self Guided Walking Tour

July 27, 2019 by hollyGS

Here is a link to the Self Guided Walking Tour of YORK ENGLAND I made: https://embed.alpacamaps.com/journey/c543cb19-a974-11e9-96fe-067ec0c7e8f4/default Stop #1 The SHAMBLES The Shambles is an iconic street is York, know for it’s overhanging timber framed buildings. The street used to be home to many butchers and was known as “The Great Flesh Shambles”. CREEPY? The buildings all look as if they were built without a level, which could be because the majority of them where built in the 14th century. Now […]

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YORK, England |First Impressions

July 25, 2019 by hollyGS

We arrived in York by train (from Edinburgh) around 11 am. This afforded us lots of time to explore York before sunset! We started out in the city centre, where we wandered the Shambles Market and the Shambles. The Shambles is an iconic street is York, know for it’s overhanging timber framed buildings. The street used to be home to many butchers and was known as “The Great Flesh Shambles”. CREEPY? The buildings all look as if they were built […]

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Edinburgh to York| Scotland to England by TRAIN (train? bus? car?)

July 20, 2019 by hollyGS

We left Edinburgh Waverly Station at approximately 9am. The journey took a total of 1.5 hours. We booked our tickets online a few months in advanced directly through the virgin train website. The trip cost us 17 pounds each, which is a bit more expensive than the bus, but the comfort of the train was worth the extra money to us. The tickets were sent to my phone, and we asked the lady attendant which track to board at. It […]

Categories: england, Europe, Scotland, united kingdom • Tags: backpacking, book online, budget, budget travel, bus, buying tickets, car, cheap travel, comparison, edinburgh, edinburgh waverly station, england, how to, tickets, train, train travel, train travel in the UK, train trip, travel england, travel europe, travel guide, travel scotland, travel vlog, uk, united kingdom, virgin trains, york, york station

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Scott Monument and Dean Village | Edinburgh, SCOTLAND

July 18, 2019 by hollyGS

After our Harry Potter themed adventure, we decided to catch a few more of the “big sites” in Edinburgh, starting with Calton Hill. You can find quite a few interesting sites up on the beautiful vantage point. The trip up the hill is worth the views alone! The unfinished National monument makes a nice place to take a picnic and soak in the glorious views . After exploring Calton Hill, we made our way back down the slope, and towards […]

Categories: Europe, Scotland, united kingdom • Tags: budget, budget travel, calton hill, cheap travel, cheap UK, dean village, edinburgh, edinburgh castle, hogwarts, hogwarts express, Scotland, scott monument, scottish, see scotland, see the world, self guided, self guided walking tour, travel scotland, travel uk, uk, undiscovered europe, united kingdom, walking tour

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Edinburgh Scotland: Sunrise on the Royal Mile

July 9, 2019 by hollyGS

We decided to get up early and catch surise at Edinburgh Castle (in November that’s just before 7:30 am ). The idea was that we would miss the giant crowds that plague the Royal Mile during the day. This plan, I believe, was a SUCCESS!!!! We did, however, encounter a marathon running at this hour, but the castle front we had to ourselves, and Jives was able to film his rapping with very little interference, YES!!!! The Royal Mile and […]

Categories: Europe, Scotland, united kingdom • Tags: backpacker, backpackers, backpacking, beat the crowd, budget, budget travel, cheap travel, cheap UK, edinburgh, edinburgh castle, harry potter, jk rowling, royal mile, Scotland, self guided, sinries, tour free, travel vlog, uk, united kingdom, walking tour

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Harry Potter Sights in Edinburgh, Scotland: SELF GUIDED WALKING TOUR

July 2, 2019 by hollyGS

Edinburgh is known as the place in which JK Rowling wrote the first few Harry Potter books. You cannot go a few feet without seeing a reference to Harry Potter or a memorabilia store selling overpriced Harry Potter Merchandise. Aside from all of these Harry Potter shops, there are quite a few things you can see and do in Edinburgh for free if you are a Harry Potter Fan. NUMBER ONE: Victoria Street Our first stop on our self guided […]

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Sterling | Day trip from Edinburgh, Scotland

June 28, 2019 by hollyGS

We decided to go on a day trip, on our first day in Edinburgh. We headed to Waverley station in Edinburgh and spoke to the the attendant about heading to Sterling. Apparently there was track maintenance going on, and the normally straight forward train to Sterling would be a bit more complicated today. We purchased tickets from the vending machine (9 pound each) and waited to board our train. Instead of the straight forward train ride from Edinburgh to Sterling, […]

Categories: Europe, Scotland, united kingdom • Tags: backpackers, backpacking, Beer, budget, budget travel, cheap travel, cheap UK, england, Europe, medieval, medieval castle, northern scotland, old sterling bridge, Scotland, scottish, scottish castle, sterling, sterling castle, uk, undiscovered europe, united kingdom, wallace monument, william wallace

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