Rail Stations from England to Scotland

Cambridge

Christmas Holiday

I had a most beautiful time in my Christmas break. There were 3 empty weeks to have fun. My husband came to visit me and such a lot of things we've done in these 3 weeks. We traveled the Isles of skye; Every pleasant day, we walked cross country and explored the whole neighborhood... It was great fun, though the Edinburgh's hogmanay events were canceled due to the bad weather. Except for one little threatening cloud on the horizon. Examination came in one week after Christmas.

Edinburgh Hogmanay

Stirling

Stirling appears at first glance like a smaller version of Edinburgh. With its crag-top castle, steep, and cobbled streets, it's an appealing place, though it lacks the cosmopolitan edge of its near neighbours Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Stirling is known for its Castle(daily 9:30am-6pm; Oct-March closes 5pm, ￡8.5) -arguably the best in Scotland and certainly as atmospheric as Edinburgh's, and the lofty Wallace Monument. (Mel Gibson's Oscar-winning film epic Braveheart, is basedon Wallace's life)

Isles of Skye

Jutting out from the mianland like a giant butterfly, the bare and bon promontories of Skye fringe a deeply indented coastline. The first geological eccentricity is the Trotternish peninsula, twenty mile north from the Portree,the only real town on Skye