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Tuesday, December 11, 2018

England & Scotland 2018 Day 2


Day 2 22-Nov 2018 Thursday

I thought our arrival will be delayed from 6.15am to 8am, turned out we arrived at 6.55am safely. Very smooth landing – one of the smoothest we had experienced.  Long queue to clear the custom, but no check at all for the luggages.  Arrived at Premier Inn T4 via train & a long & cold walkway..that’s where we had a glimpse of UK winter..cold ~




Managed to check in & got our room, which we changed to our best winter gears & off we go to take bus to T5 for our trip to Windsor Castle.



At the bus stop waiting for bus to T5

It was already 10am when we arrived at T5, and wanted to wait for First 9 or 8, under the strong wind blowing..a kind driver of Bus 703 got us to take his bus which only cost GBP10 for return trip. The trip took about 1hour to arrive at Windsor.

Upon getting down the bus, we were so surprised with the cold of London once again..which was almost unbearable. Jared’s cold got worst and keep sneezing.  Got the timing wrong for guard change, and ended up having lunch at King and castle (Wetherspoon pub) which tasted so so mediocre that we vowed not to return to any Wetherspoon in future.





Windsor castle was surprisingly not as grand as we expected, a little old, messy, no pictures allowed, even the room which Prince Harry/Meghan’s family shoot was taken was messy.

The St George chapel which hosted the royal wedding was also small & rundown

Outside Windsor





A funny guard, who make faces to tourist. And they keep marching every 10minutes.










The better places in Windsor were always locked up

The Long walk was kinda interesting..just that in winter cold we couldn’t complete the walk




Dinner was tabau Chinese from Windsor about GBP5 each for fried rice & noodle.  But jetlag was getting really badly on us. Couldn’t finish the food, in fact Kaylen slept without dinner & shower from 6pm+ UK time.

England & Scotland 2018 Day 1



Day 1 21-Nov 2018 Wednesday

QF1 Qantas A380 Flight Schedule 11.55am, but delayed till almost 1.30am before we could get on flight. 




The gal who just came back from school leadership camp..slept throughout flight delay.


A big plane & full too ..majority of ppl came from Sydney


Breakfast

England & Scotland 2018 Itinerary Summary


Day 1 21-Nov 2018 Wednesday

QF1 Qantas A380 Flight Schedule 11.55pm, but delayed till almost 1.30am before we could get on flight.

Day 2 22-Nov 2018 Thursday

Heathrow/Windsor Castle
Hotel: Premier Inn T4 GBP62, breakfast included
Windsor Castle Ticket –Prebook £54.70
Transport: Greenline 703  GBP10 day ticket for 4pax

Day 3 23-Nov 2018 Friday

Hotel: Rew Farm Country & Equestrian Accomodation 2Nights GBP138
Pick up Car/Stonehenge/Salisbury


Day 4 24-Nov 2018 Saturday

Park & Ride Odd Down Park/Bath City/Roman Baths/The Circus/Royal Crescent/Bath Christmas Market/Sally Lunn Historical Restaurant

Day 5 25-Nov 2018 Sunday

Hotel: Premier Inn Stratford Upon Avon Waterways GBP54 breakfast included, Parking GBP4
Castle Combe,  Bibury (Arlington Row),  Bourton on the water, Upper/Lower Slaughter,
 Stow on the Wold Wooden door of st edwards church, Chipping Campden, Stratford upon Avon

Day 6 26-Nov 2018 Monday

Hotel: Premier Inn Manchester City Centre (Arena/Printworks) GBP81 breakfast included
Shakespeare's Birthplace/ Holy trinity church-grave
Manchester Old Tratford Stadium/City/ Christmas market/Chinatown


Day 7 27-Nov 2018 Tuesday

Hotel: Augill Castle Derwent & Raisbeck GBP200
Manchester Cathedral, Primark, John Ryland Library
Brough Castle, Afternoon tea GBP80

Day 8 28-Nov 2018 Wednesday

Hotel: Moxy Glasgow Merchant Inn FOC (yay! Redeemed Marriott point) Parking GBP5
Storm Diana! Rained whole day, the worst rainy day throughout trip, but temp was mild ~13C
George Square, Merchant City, Christmas market, Buchanan shopping street, Primark


Day 9 29-Nov 2018 Thursday

Hotel: Nevis Bank Inn GBP125 breakfast included
Loch Lomond (rain-drive thru), Glen Etive, meeting of 3 waters, Glencoe

Day 10 30-Nov 2018 Friday

Hotel: Hollyrood snug apartment 3nights  Total: GBP270
Loch Achtriochan/ Glencoe
Meadowbank Shopping @Edinburgh


Day 11 1-Dec 2018 Friday

Royal Mile/ Edinburgh Castle / Greyfriars Kirkyard/ Christmas Market/ Princess street

Day 12 2-Dec 2018  Sunday

Arthur’s seat, Queen’s Arm Sunday Roast, Carlton Hill

Day 13 3-Dec 2018  Monday

Train to London 4.5hr
London Eye / House of Parliament/ Big Ben/ Leicester square

Day 14 4-Dec 2018 Tuesday

Tower bridge/Borough market/Millenium Bridge/ St Paul/British Museum/ SOHO/Covent Garden

Day 15 5-Dec 2018  Wednesday

Buckingham Palace  - guard change 11am/ St James Park
Picadilly Circus/ National Gallery/ B Bakery for Afternoon tea Birthday celebration/ Chinatown birthday dinner/ Brick Lane Salt Beef Beigel

Day 16 6-Dec 2018  Thursday

Natural History Museum, Sci Museum, V&A Museum
LHR Airport with Blackberry taxi @ GBP40

Day 17 7-Dec 2018 Friday

Home sweet home

Total Cost:
Ticket: $3696 [1016 adult, 873 youth , 796child]
Seat reservation: $160
Hotel: $2700 (Total 14N, with 1N free, redeeming points)
Entrance tickets: $475 (Windsor Castle, Stonehenge, Bath Spa, Edinburgh Castle, London Eye)
Train ticket: GBP59
Car Rental: $1200 (GBP665 include 1 full tank diesel & all covered insurance for 8 days)
Phone SIM: Three SGD33 for 12Gb
Total trip cost ~SGD8k

We brought along GBP2000, with exchange rate of ~1.80, and came home with left over of GBP440


Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Highlights of England & Scotland trip 2018


Written while on trip..this is a super cold trip & England's winter can be really a headache to traveller..rain, wind & cold..

Windsor Castle with jetlag and adaptating to the weather prob


Stonehenge



Bath

Cotswold




Augill castle stay & afternoon tea


A must do trip kissing pic..kids were used to helping us. But only 1 allowed each trip.
Highlands..Glen Etive where we bumped into these deers





Arthur's seat..Jared was the 1st to reach the summit ..so fast that we lost him like 10mins from the start of the walk! He is a very sensible boy..he would always stop and watch for us..and I never had to worry about him getting to far away..So I told daddy, this time he must have gome to the wrong peak..he would never do the last steep climb without us.. It took daddy much effort to climb up and finally found him...all sweaty..wet..
He was borrowing hp from other tourist to call his dad up there



All of us at the summit

Cool

Celebrating my 41st bday in London!


Monday, November 19, 2018

Jared's 13 birthday celebration

Simple affair..as Jared has cca, so simple home meal & cake ..

The most popular birthday cake..so far ..

Sunday, November 18, 2018

Jared @ 13 yr old

Voice started cracking in the middle of P6, at 13, the voice has stabilised

Height: Taller than me, probaly around 161cm

Weight: 40kg

Messiness..no change, we still find food wrapping, underwear everywhere in the house

Shoe size: 42 (bigger than mine too)

Moustache: still the few strand..does not required to shave yet

Face: pimples at forehead and white head on the nose ( argggh)

Volunteer work: enjoy time with daddy volunteering at Willing Hearts

Studies: 3.6 Gpa for yr1 , study independently .



Thursday, November 15, 2018

Kaylen @ P4 Prize Giving

This yr had been a challenge to Kaylen, she kept making so many careless mistakes like during sa1, she didnt shade 4 answer, sa1chinese after erased forgot to write back the answer and finally sa2 math ...she got a shock when it came back at 84.5 band2

With all the accidents everywhere, we wasn't expecting anything..so I even told her, if you get top 3 in p5..I would get her a kindle..so that she doesnt need to snatch with koko anymore.

Turned out, I received a call from Mr Kwa..that she won a few prizes. Academic for being in top3, best in conduct & music.

Celebration lunch

Her gift..kindle..since started hooking on harry porter

Saturday, November 10, 2018

Tracking @Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

A very nice walk...all sweaty..but Jared complaint he would rather do volunteer at Willing hearts..



Downloaded from IG..we bumped into Sheila & Hongling and their partners..

Pre birthday dinner for Jared & Yanchen's

Good Chance Popiah Restaurant..the popiah was major hit..even kids love them..



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