{"id":1871,"date":"2020-09-05T20:26:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T20:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2024-02-26T14:48:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T14:48:41","slug":"scotland-tour-day-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/2020\/09\/05\/scotland-tour-day-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland Tour &#8211; Day 17"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We set off back to England via the new Queensferry Crossing across the Firth of Forth, and alongside the route of the re opened Borders railway towards Carlisle. Then the A7 and M6 to Morecambe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_47274.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_47274.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_47274-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_47274-768x567.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_47274-298x220.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_6619.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_6619.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_6619-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_6619-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_6619-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>The Queensferry Crossing opened two years ago.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_23214.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_23214.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_23214-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_23214-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_23214-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_2123.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_2123.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_2123-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_2123-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_2123-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>All 3 bridges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_10768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_10768.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_10768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_10768-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_10768-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>After 16 sunny days, as soon as we got to England it rained!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_30809.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_30809.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_30809-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_30809-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_30809-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>View from our bedroom window in Morecambe. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We stopped for the night in Morecambe to break up the long journey from Dundee to Dursley. Also it was nice to revisit a place I visited as a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_10723.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_10723.jpg 620w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_10723-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_10723-227x220.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption>My Grandma, Mum, Dad and siblings sitting on a bench on Marine Road, probably 1961\/2. I&#8217;m on the left at the back.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_55751.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_55751.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_55751-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_55751-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_55751-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Me sitting on a bench in the same place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_24996.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_24996.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_24996-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_24996-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_24996-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>View from the bench over Morecambe Bay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_38648.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_38648.jpg 449w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_38648-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_20200905_38648-165x220.jpg 165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><figcaption>Andy and Eric Morecambe <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomorrow we will be back in Dursley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for following, I hope you enjoyed my posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until next time,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carol<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We set off back to England via the new Queensferry Crossing across the Firth of Forth, and alongside the route of the re opened Borders railway towards Carlisle. Then the A7 and M6 to Morecambe. We stopped for the night in Morecambe to break up the long journey from Dundee to Dursley. 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