Hi this is Wanda from NB, Canada

Hello Wanda, let me be the first to welcome you to the POE forums (I will ignore the others above me as they don't count  ).

We are all very glad to have you join us, and hope that you are going to post to the forum often, even share some of your 2006 pictures with us.

What a wonderful idea to treat your daughter to a trip for graduation, I just know she will love it.

See you around.

Hi Wanda,

I love you.

"We are going on a pretty long tour, starting in London, Oxford, Statford ( my daughter is a real Shakespeare buff, and is actually honouring in Shakespeare) next onto Coventry, York, Scotch Corner, Jedburgh, Melrose, Edinburgh, St. Andrews, Braemar, Culloden, Inverness, Strathpeffer, Ullapool, Armadale, Mallaig, Fort William, Glasgow, Alloway, Stranraer - the we cross the Irish Sea and take in Belfast, Derry, Belleek, Drumcliff, Sligo, Galway, Killimer, Tarbert, Killarney, Blarney Dungarvan, Tramore, Waterford, Avoca, Glenalough, Dublin - we then cross to Holyhead and travel to Chester, Wrexham, Llangollen, Ludlow, Cardiff, Bath, Glastonbury Widecombe in the Moor, St Ives, Lands End, St. Michael's Mount, Plymouth, Salisbury, Arundel, Brighton, Lewes, Royal Tunbridge Wells, then back to London and home. "

Can I come? I can chaparone or something? Nanny?

(man I'm pathetic)

Oh and welcome  

Hi Wanda. Welcome to this great site. 

If you are travelling north from Scotch Corner, you must take a short diversion and visit Durham City. Its only Five miles off the motorway and i am sure that you would regret missing seeing some of the most beautiful buildings ever built.  There are pictures of the city on this site.  Have a look and see if you agree. With this being a university city there is plenty of night life for the younger ones, your daughter would like that i'm sure.

Regards Roy J.

 Thank you again everyone - I did try to post a picture, but I can't seem to get it to work - I have been known to break the odd camera before so I don't want to put your site out of commission.  

Roy I have been to Durham and just loved it, the market was absolutely wonderful, it was the first time I have had ginger cheese.  My sister and I picked up some goodies and took them back to our room and gorged on the wonderful cheeses and wines.  The cathedral was beautiful, but the university was closed down for repairs and we didn't get to see it.

Meg, I have a lot of people wanting me to adopt them, I am thinking it may help on my taxes if I take them all up on it, I could have quite a family going on here.

I am glad the drinking age is 18, Julia will be quite excited to have a drink at a pub, where we live the nearest bar is about 25 miles away.  I took her and a girlfried of hers out when they turned 19 but I think that was the last time they have seen the inside of a tavern.

Welcome Wanda,

Sounds like you are going to have an amazing time.  Wish I could come, LOL.