{"id":820,"date":"2022-06-15T01:31:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T01:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=820"},"modified":"2025-09-27T18:47:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T18:47:28","slug":"brigid-off-to-england-and-scotland-for-two-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=820","title":{"rendered":"Brigid off to England and Scotland for two weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So Brigid flew out yesterday. She will see her wonderful sister Libby who lives in an outer (50 miles) suburb of London &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milton_Keynes\">Milton Keynes<\/a> &#8211; for four or five days. Then Brigid is going up to the capital of Scotland &#8211; Edinburgh. Brigid has some diaries of her Dad, going back almost 95 years. He writes about some camping trips and Brigid wants to find the sites! But she won&#8217;t be camping herself. Brigid will probably be successful since much of the areas where he camped are now forest and nature preserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brigid&#8217;s departure &#8211; she was driven to JFK airport by &#8220;the kids&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6a00d834525a2f69e202a2eec7e4aa200d-400wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10813\" title=\"20220614_134800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6a00d834525a2f69e202a2eec7e4aa200d-400wi.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6a00d834525a2f69e202a2eec7e4aa200d-400wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6a00d834525a2f69e202a2eec7e4b1200d-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10812\" title=\"20220614_134819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6a00d834525a2f69e202a2eec7e4b1200d-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6a00d834525a2f69e202a2eec7e4b1200d-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6a00d834525a2f69e202a2eec7e4b6200d-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10811\" title=\"20220614_134837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6a00d834525a2f69e202a2eec7e4b6200d-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/6a00d834525a2f69e202a2eec7e4b6200d-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She texted me to say the flight was leaving three hours late (was supposed to leave at 6PM) and &#8220;we are packed in like sardines&#8221;. Not fun for six hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So Brigid flew out yesterday. She will see her wonderful sister Libby who lives in an outer (50 miles) suburb of London &#8211; Milton Keynes &#8211; for four or five days. Then Brigid is going up to the capital of Scotland &#8211; Edinburgh. Brigid has some diaries of her Dad, going back almost 95 years. 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