Covid Staycation – London

We were supposed to travel to Scotland this week to see our daughter and family in Orkney, Scotland. Covid travel restrictions prevented us from going, so instead we drove down to London, Ontario to visit a family friend and ex neighbour who recently moved there. It was a 500+ kilometer drive down on Saturday morning. We visited the Pond Mills Conservation Area that is right next to her new house. On Sunday we drove down to Port Stanley Beach on Lake Erie and then had a short stop in St. Thomas. On Monday we drove from London to Kirkwall (something I would like to do in the UK some time) Kirkwall is the airport in Orkney that we should have flown into. Kirkwall Ontario is not a very big place but it was a cool surprise for my wife. We continued on to Newmarket where we had a quick visit with my Aunt that lives there and then we headed back to Ottawa. 800+kms to drive home.