Above: Waiting for the train to take us from Edinburgh to Inverness.

Above; selected views of Inverness, which is elegant and beautiful, topped off with views of snowy highlands when you look out your bedroom window.

Above: Inverness Castle. The one in the picture was built in 1836, but was built on the site of an 11th century castle. When we saw it, they weren't opening it to the public.

Isle of Skye:

Above: Unfortunately, many of our 'Skye' photos are on slides. Some I've had put onto a disc, and they're at the publisher's. At present, I can't afford to have any more put on disc; so I've chosen these Canva photos which are a good representation of the brooding atmosphere of Skye. It's a unique and beautiful, but rather bleak place.

Skye has many rocky outcrops just like this one, which actually reminds me of an ancient castle we saw on the shores as we approached on the ferry.

The Lakes District:

Above: Over the hills and far away: Yes, we were certainly a long way from home in the Lakes District. This looks like the road we took to Sawrey, home of Beatrix Potter.

Above: Yours truly up in the fels on the one truly wet day we had on the whole trip. Not far away was a shaggy Lakeland sheep, which I thought had been included in the photo, but it must have been a separate photo or it wandered off at the crucial moment.

Above: We'd always wanted to climb over a stile, after having read about them in so many English kids' books, but we did actually have to climb over a stile on our way to Sawrey. It made our day.Thank goodness there were no angry bulls ready to chase us.

Above: Yes, I realise that I used this photo for the Canterbury and Cambridge chapter, but ducks are especially loved creatures in England. In Bowness, in the Lakes district, they stop the traffic when they want to cross the road; a whole lot of them. It's so cute.

Chester:

Chester Cathedral: A funny thing happened in here. Placed at the rear of the nave, was a donation bowl, enclosed in glass and with a slot at the top for putting in money. John and I didn't have a lot of cash with us, but we wanted to make a contribution. Not sure who actually put it in, but we intended to give  a two pound note. Somehow it ended up being our five pound note. That's what comes of being stingy in church. God had other ideas.

Above: Chester was looking festive in 1983 with their Christmas lights adorning the streets.

Above: St Werburgh's Street, Chester.Now I have to google St Werburgh, as I can't remember a thing about him. OK, it turns out that Werburgh was a seventh century Anglo-Saxon princess, who became the patron saint of the city of Chester, Cheshire. It's a picturesque street; Chester being renowned for it's medieaval wooden houses.