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August 7 - 13: Transatlantic crossing on the Queen Mary 2, New York to Southampton.
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August 13-14: Arrive in Southampton, England. Drive eight hours NE through England to Northumberland. Stay two nights at Low Dover B&B, Beadnell. Visit castles at Dunstanburgh, Alnwick, and Bamburgh. Visit Holy Island of Lindisfarne.
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View of Dunstanburgh Castle from the beach at our B&B in Beadnell in Northumberland.
August 15: Drive through the Scottish Borders and visit the ruins of Jedburgh and Melrose Abbeys. Arrive in Stirling and stay at the Firgrove Guest House.
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August 16: Visit Stirling Castle. Then drive through the Western Highlands and take the ferry from Oban to Craignure on the Isle of Mull. Stay two nights at Caol-Ithe Guesthouse in Finnphort on the Isle of Mull.
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Stirling Castle
August 17: Take a passenger ferry from the Isle of Mull to the Isle of Iona.
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The Iona Priory as seen from the ferry. The original Celtic structure was founded by St. Columa in the 6th Century.
August 18: Take the return ferry trip between Craignure and Oban. Drive from Oban to the Isle of Skye vis Fort William and the "Road to the Isles." Stay two nights at Donan House B&B, Dornie, just east of the Skye Bridge.
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Eilean Donan Castle. Rebuilt 1918-1932. This is the castle you see at the beginning of BBC tv shows.
August 20-21: Leave Skye, drive around Loch Ness, and head for Edinburgh. Stay two nights in the Edinburgh area, one night at the Elgin Hotel in Charleston and one night at Davaar House in Dunferline.
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Loch Ness
August 22: Walk around Dunferline Abbey early morning. Fly home on Continental 109, Edinburgh to Newark.