This is a pictorial journal of the holiday that the Trundle Family took during the Sydney Olympics in the northern summer of 2000. We shot more than 550 chemical photos (not digital), however a much smaller set is shown here. We began in Paris after a brief stop in Singapore, but then drove into the country around Versailles, Mortagne au Perche, St Malo, Carnac, Tours. We eventually relocated to London, then hired another car and drove to Legoland, and caught up with relatives north of London. We also visited Stonehenge, Sherwood Forest, York, the Lakes, dodged a crippling petrol strike, wandered into Scotland, including Loch Lomond, the West Coast, Loch Ness, the Highlands (where we met friends). We drove around Ivan's old haunts in the Badenoch region, and visited Alexei's birthplace, Inverness. We sailed, played golf, rode horses, walked, and socialised. Flew back to London, and celebrated Ivan's birthday in both London and New York. New York was fabulous, and we enjoyed being tourists. We left New York for the West Coast and Anaheim (Disneyland and Universal Studios), staying in a luxury hotel in Los Angeles. What a great trip!
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![]() 325 Hadrian's Wall couldn't keep us out of Scotland |
![]() 326 You can see why - it is not as good as it used to be |
![]() 327 In fact, you could say that we walked all over it |
![]() 330 Roman garrison at Housesteads - note the underfloor heating (Roman softies) |
![]() 331 Deserted motorway between London and Glasgow. Aah, what a blockade and petrol strike can do for tourism! |
![]() 334 Alexei and Anna with Farry at Loch Lomond hotel stop |
![]() 335 Farry is an old friend of Anne's (Pip's mother) |
![]() 337 With Farry in the time-frozen village of Luss, Loch Lomond [bonus pic] |
![]() 338 Alexei's Jaguar? Farry was being too generous... |
![]() 339 ...or is it Anna's Jaguar? Mind you, she would need a cushion. |
![]() 341 We made it to Oban and the west coast |
![]() 344 This is on the way to Kingussie, across from Fort William |
![]() 348 Anna at Loch an Eilean - Monarch of the Glen country |
![]() 349 Alexei the Scot |
![]() 350 Fairy Hotel, Loch an Eilean - near Aviemore |
![]() 351 Anna at Highland Guides |
![]() 353 All that is left now... And to think that the logo was all my own work |
![]() 354 Clare horse-riding Nikki just along the road |
![]() 356 Anna's turn. Doesn't she look the part? |
![]() 357 Ivan, Anna, Caroline and Clare |
![]() 358 Anna, Caroline and Clare |
![]() 359 Clare going for a 'walk' with Ivan and Caroline's boot |
![]() 360 The Sterritt's backyard, Kingussie |
![]() 362 Wes and Ivan went for a 'light jog' around all of this |
![]() 364 Lunch at the Sterritts outside their northern log villa |
![]() 365 High Range, Aviemore - and the Trundle's being entertained by Iain Craik Hudson esq. [bonus pic] |
![]() 368 Loch Ness didn't provide us with an opportunity to see Nessi |
![]() 370 Poor ol' Pip felt the cold as we drove to the West Coast. Alexei, being baptised in the surf at Lochalsh, did not... [bonus pic of Anna] |
![]() 371 Loch Maree, west coast. The midges are off to the left. And the right. And behind... |
![]() 373 Wendy, on the windy west coast, near Red Point |
![]() 378 Poolewe cabbages - they grow 'em big at the Inverewe Gardens |
![]() 382 Bison bonasus - the almost extinct european bison |
![]() 384 Przewalski's horse - the only living true wild horse |
![]() 390 Just follow the lynx... (sorry, awful pun) |
![]() 394 Sus scrofa (wild boar) are hard to find behind all of the mud |
![]() 395 Not particularly wild deer at the Highland Wildlife Park |
![]() 399 Sailing on Loch Morlich was An Adventure |
![]() 400 Sailing into the sunset (almost) |
![]() 401 Loch Morlich was its usual self - as was Cairngorm |
![]() 402 At table 14, all was going well - the drinks were taking their toll |
![]() 403 Aaron and Finn were being tight-lipped here, but Alexei adopts a comfortable pose |
![]() 404 Partying with Wes and Caroline at the local pub |
![]() 406 Pool with the Sterritt clan |
![]() 408 Love the bunny slippers, Clare |
![]() 409 Our last view of the Sterritt Lodge, and we were sad to say goodbye |
![]() 410 The bloke who looks after Edinburgh Castle |
![]() 412 Here he is (check the trousers) - a real bossy bloke, too - and all for a wee bit of marching about |
![]() 413 The last time Pip and I saw the Edinburgh Flower Clock, it didn't have four cameras trained on it |
![]() 416 Our qualified baggage handlers racing through Heathrow |
![]() 418 Princess Anna granting an audience with Grace Green and Alexei Trundle in London |
![]() 419 The Thames, London: The Bridge That No-one Can Walk On, as designed by British engineers |
![]() 420 The westward view from the top of St Pauls Dome |
![]() 422 Anna is checking out the rate of descent of paint flecks |
![]() 428 A view from ground level |
![]() 431 At London's finest and best value Turkish restaurant with Helen and Vincent, who finally appeared |
![]() 432 Our hosts in Stoke Newington, Penny and Bill, both looking just as they always do, and have done so |
![]() 433 Brother Vincent sharing a joke (most likely) |
![]() 434 As you can see, neither Vincent or Helen have acclimatised to the English heat |
![]() 436 Birthday breakfast for those who share the same birthdate. Might be twins, except that I am taller. [bonus pic] |
![]() 438 Anna Katarina Rachmaninof tinkling the ivories in the music room. The floor rug carefully disguises where the piano nearly fell through. |
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