William is continuing his journey across the Atlantic by Royal Mail paddle steamer to Mexico. On the way he encounters an unfortunate but fearsome seabird, the fire devastated town of Kingston, Jamaica and takes a tour of a sugarcane plantation, finished off by a nice bowl of Turtle soup.

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In this episode William continues his journey to Mexico travelling across the Atlantic by paddle steamer. He encounters flying fish, coconut trees for the first time as well as other Caribbean fruit and fauna in Barbados and Grenada. He also comments on his fellow passengers, one a very distinguished hero of Peruvian independence.

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In season two of A Grand Tour with My Great Great Grandad, William is employed by the Anglo-Mexican Mint Company in 1843 to travel to Mexico to oversee the installation of new steam machinery to make coins. He travels to Southampton to board the paddle steamer the 'Forth' which will cross the Atlantic, stopping at Madeira on the way, before it makes its way to the Caribbean.

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In the last episode covering Great Great Grandad William's travels in Europe, before he journeys to Mexico, he and his family travel from Ghent in Belgium, where he describes the richly decorated cathedral, via Bruges to Ostend, with its many 'dubious' English inhabitants, and lastly sets sail back to Britain to the Customs House on the banks of the Thames.

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Nearing the end of his travels in Europe, William travels from Liege to Mechelen in Belgium, experiencing crowded omnibuses and uncomfortable trains, the Flemish city of Leuven, with its long beer brewing history, and the cathedral in Mechelen with its distinctive shaped tower.

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Now nearing the end of his European journey, William travels with his family from Cologne to Liege by his favourite transport method, steam train. On the way he takes in the hot springs of Aix La Chapelle (Aachen). Witnesses the works of a new railway being built from Germany to Belgium and visits the birthplace of composer Andre Gretry who influenced both Mozart and Beethoven.

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Beginning the second volume of his journals, William arrives in the ancient city of Cologne where he views its huge unfinished cathedral with its 400 year-old medieval crane, shrine to the three kings, and we learn about the death of St Ursula and the massacre of her 11,000 virginal companions.

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In this episode (the last from William's first volume of his journals) he continues his journey down the Rhine with his family, following in the footsteps of Lord Byron and encountering the mysterious Lorelei Rock, site of myths and legends and seductive sirens.

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William continues his journey through Germany. Now travelling by paddle steamer along the Rhine, where he observes the magnificent scenery, ancient castles and encounters the famous Mouse Tower with its grisly past, floating ship mills, and the curios semi-submerged Alterstein, foreteller of bountiful wine harvests.

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Making his way home through Europe, William tours the streets of the fan shaped city of Karlsruhe. We learn about the famous Heidelberg Tun, a wine barrel the size of a house, and reach the city of Mannheim on the Rhine. The location of a huge baroque palace and an astronomical observatory once visited by Mozart and Benjamin Franklin.

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