Best of (holiday awards)

As our holiday was coming to a close we had quite a lot of driving to do (from Scotland all the way back to Essex with a night in York in between) so we spent some of the travelling time coming up with a list of awards for our trip. They range from silly to serious and I added them to my holiday journal at the back as another way to remember the best bits from our holiday. 

Seeing how slack I've been at sharing photos of the trip here I thought sharing the Best of awards would be a good start...

Best uh oh moment : trying to get off the top bunk in the morning at YHA Windermere

Best day trip : Anstruther with G & C

Best roast : carvery at halfway house in Southend

Best bargain : red socks at the rangers shop

Best ice cream : rossis on the cliffs with L on a sunny day

Best hot chocolate : white hot choc at tinderbox with D

Best non-hotel comfortable bed : at G & C's

Best bed : Novotel at York

Best luck : waiting less than 10 min in the standby queue to see the pandas at Edinburgh Zoo

Best gossip filled car trip : dropping S home at midnight

Best new word Mr Mischief learnt : "cheese" when posing for photos

Best services : Tebay on the m6, included a farm shop we could have spent a fortune in

Best photo : Mr Mischief and my nan (his great-grandmother) - I know I'll treasure it, their personalities shine through

Best detour : through Skipton to York rather than via A66

Best oldest shopping street : the shambles in York

Best snobbery : shop keepers of York

Best souvenir : Hadleigh castle and rainbow canvas

It really was the BEST trip :-)