Trip to Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England

21 Days Touring the British Isles

​We recently made it home from a 21-day trip to the British Isles.
 
During our trip we drove 2,476 miles on the "wrong side of the road" (at least for Americans) and on small and smaller roads most of the time. It was a great trip – even if the driving and parking was a little challenging in some places…….
 
In addition to the all the driving, we also walked more than 243,000 steps (which translates to over 115 miles) – through all types of both country and urban terrain.
 
Here's a map of what our overall trip looked like. 

​During our 7 days traveling in Ireland and Northern Ireland we drove almost 750 miles and visited the following major sites:

• Cliffs of Moher
• Galway Cathedral
• Blarney Castle
• Cork English Market
• Rock of Cashel
• Jerpoint Abbey
• St Mary's Church in Gowran
• Glendalough
• The Book of Kells
• St. Michan’s Church

• National Museum of Ireland
• Newgrange and Knowth
• Enniskillen Castle Museums
• Derry’s Walls
• Dunluce Castle
• The Giant’s Causeway
• The Dark Hedges
• Glenariff Forest
• Blackcave Tunnel
• Glenoe Waterfall

​During our 14 days traveling in Scotland, Wales and England we drove almost 1,750 miles and visited the following major sites:

• Glasgow Cathedral
• Loch Lomond
• Rannoch Moor
• Glencoe
• Glenfinnan Viaduct and the Jacobite Train (Hogwart’s Train)
• Urquhart Castle
• Loch Ness
• Inverness
• Cawdor Castle
• Clava Cairns
• Saint Andrews
• St Giles’ Cathedral
• Edinburgh Castle
• St Margaret’s Chapel
• Princes Street Gardens
• St Bernard’s Well
• Melrose Abbey
• Trimontium Museum
• Hadrian’s Wall
• Lindeth Howe
• Yorkshire Dales National Park
• Castle Howard
• York Minster

• Chester Roman Amphitheatre
• Conwy Castle
• Snowdonia National Park
• Portmeirion
• Harlech Castle
• Llandderfel
• Stratford-upon-Avon - Shakespeare’s birthplace and burial site
• Chipping Campden
• Tintern Abbey
• Caerleon Amphitheatre
• National Roman Legion Museum
• Cardiff Castle
• The Roman Baths
• Pulteney Bridge
• Stonehenge
• Salisbury Cathedral
• J.R.R. Tolkien's Grave at Wolvercote Cemetery
• Tower of London
• Tower Bridge
• St. Dunstan-in-the-East
• The British Museum
• Big Ben and Parliament 

​As always, we took thousands of photos – so we’ll be editing and posting them over the next few weeks as time allows. ​Here are a few teaser photos to give you a brief overview of some of the sights we saw until we get around to posting the photos from each location on our Adventures page. ​(click on any photo to start the slideshow)