I once again was up and at the coach station at 7:45am, but Expedia had the time wrong and it didn’t leave until 8:20am, which sucks because I could have stayed at the B&B and enjoyed a nice breakfast there. Anywho, I grabbed a coffee and boarded a really neat vintage double decker bus for a tour around town. Due to the climate protests all over central London our tour was altered and traffic was heavy, but we stopped at Buckingham Palace for a while then drove past the Eye of London, down Fleet Street, past St. Paul’s Cathedral, over the London and Tower Bridges amongst others, and then stopped at the Millbank Millennium Pier to catch a boat. The boat tour was pretty quick, basically over to Tower Bridge and back, but offered wonderful views of Parliament, the Eye, Tower Bridge, Big Ben (covered and under construction until 2022 though I think) and everything else along the water. Honestly, if I did it again I’d do it at sunset or at night, I bet that view is gorgeous. Once we got back to the coach station I picked up my bags from the B&B and took the Victoria line to Kings Cross station. Of course I needed a cheesy photo taken at Platform 9 ¾ and I sat and waited for my train. Unfortunately, someone was hit by another train along our route and there were trespassers along another major route, so almost all of the trains were delayed or cancelled. My original 3:30 train to Edinburg was delayed, then they loaded us in, then they kicked us off and cancelled it. There was about an hour of confusion before I got confirmation that I could jump on any of the other trains that were running, so I jumped on the 4:30 train and crossed my fingers that I’d eventually get to Edinburg. Fortunately I was sat next to two lovely people and we chatted and exchanged stories for a couple hours (mainly me talking, travelling solo I don’t get my daily words out!). A Dr. Eeyan Pepper stayed with me until Darlington and was a super nice guy, travelled lots himself and owns a place in Florida. The second leg I was pretty much by myself so I plugged the headphones in and zoned out for the rest of the trip. It was after 10pm when we finally arrived, so I scurried through the cold to my hotel about a mile away. Yotel is in an old building but they completely modernized it, so everything is new and neon and very eclectic. I was starving, so I went around the corner to KFC and got an interesting combo bucket including a chicken sandwich one (1) thigh piece, a weird salad, and fries. Then went back to the hotel and crashed.
London to Edinburgh
