Bill Grabert's West Highland Way, Scotland, 2025

Wednesday, 7/30, was all in York. We all went to visit the big gothic cathedral, Yorkchester, in the morning. Since our concert was at 12:30 we all wore our concert attire. I felt a bit conspicuous walking around in a tuxedo, but it started a few conversations. The concert was in a smaller church, St. Helen’s.  We sang our first song outside in the square to drum up some audience and it worked pretty well.  The concert went great.  After changing clothes, the rest of the day was all about exploring the town of York, first with our tour guide Paul, and then on my own.  St Helen’s church  Yorkchester Cathedral  Yorkchester Cathedral  Yorkchester Cathedral  Yorkchester Cathedral  Decorations in the chapter house of Yorkchester Cathedral  Yorkchester Cathedral  Back to St Helen’s Church for the concert.  In St Helen’s  Stopping for gelato  An wall from Roman times (first century) More of the ancient Roman wall  A vie...

 I did lots of walking around Edinburgh Tuesday evening and Wednesday. We had a great concert at Saint Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile near the castle followed by a tour of the castle and more walking. Thursday we drove south and had an informal concert at Jedburgh Abbey just north of the English border.  We stopped in Durham for some sightseeing and then on to York for the night.  Edinburgh Castle Tuesday evening  Dinner at the pub on Rose Street  Rose street  WCS friends in front of our home coming back from dinner  Saint Giles Cathedral  My Edinburgh friends Picot and Angela The military tattoo grounds at the entrance to Edinburgh Castle  The castle pet On the way out of the castle at closing time the pipers and drummers were just coming into the stadium to practice.  When I walked back down into Edinburgh I could hear the military tattoo guys practicing up in the stadium.  Tuesday, July 29, we drove South to York  The rui...