Travelling Trundles World Trip 2000

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.