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A change of scene during COVID-19 | A week in Abzshire (Aberdeenshire)

August 27, 2020 by Susan Barrie 1 Comment

Abzshire Prince Albert Cairn

It feels a little bit strange to be talking about holidays during a global pandemic, but we managed to get a change of scene over the summer once lockdown restrictions were lifted in Scotland. Part of our intended summer holiday plans were to visit friends in England, but as we felt it was a bit…

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Filed Under: Scotland Tagged With: Aberdeenshire, abzshire, balmoral, bootleggers bothy, cabin, cairns, castle, coastal walk, COVID19, dunnottar, Footdee, gourdon, inverbervie, Moray, rural, Scotland, stonehaven, travel

Netherlands Tour: Amsterdam

July 19, 2016 by Susan Leave a Comment

I’m finally getting round to sharing some pictures and tales of what we got up to on our two week tour of the Netherlands last month. We started off with five days in the dutch capital of Amsterdam (which was stress-free in getting to, thanks to direct flights to Schipol from Inverness, and an easy…

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: amsterdam, netherlands, travel

2015 Round Up: January – June

December 28, 2015 by Susan Leave a Comment

This is the first in a 2-part series sharing my highlights of 2015. There have been too many to mention them all, but here a few of my very favourite posts to write this year, from January to June! Just click on the images to be taken straight through to the posts.

Filed Under: Day Trip, foodie Tagged With: 2015 round up, bread, january, June, Scotland, shaun the sheep cake, skye, travel, york

A taste of Aberdeen (part 2) Cup/BrewDog/The Tippling House/Rye and Soda

April 19, 2015 by Susan Leave a Comment

Our Friday in Aberdeen was mostly spent wandering round the shops. We had hoped to visit the Art Gallery but it was closed for renovation. However we did spot some statues which had been dressed up for some kind of art festival. After a lot of shopping and walking, we (well mostly me!) wanted to…

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Filed Under: foodie, Review, Scotland Tagged With: Aberdeen, brewdog, cup, rye and soda, Scotland, tippling house, travel

Our US Trip Preview – Third Stop: New York City

October 13, 2014 by Susan Leave a Comment

New York is our third stop of of our big holiday. In our first week we will be staying in Chicago and Boston, and the start of our second week sees us starting our Amtrak journey south down the east coast (which by the way, is fantastic value – each leg of our Boston-NYC-Washington DC…

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: holiday, new york city, travel, US

Day 3 of our Great Glen Way adventure

May 19, 2014 by Susan Leave a Comment

We made it to Laggan Waterpark in good time after walking 13 miles, so we able to grab a drink before being collected by our hosts (we stayed 4 miles off the GGW route in Invergarry) We enjoyed our stay at Glen Albyn Lodge, which included use of a hot tub and delicious 3 course…

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Filed Under: Scotland Tagged With: great Glen Way, travel, walking holiday

Love London – Part 1

February 13, 2012 by Susan Leave a Comment

I subscribe to this blog and both enjoyed the video and the blog piece that accompanies it. I really could remember what it feels like to commute when you’re listening to music – the buzz of the city really does seem to contribute to your personal soundtrack of reality and I especially enjoyed people watching…

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