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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Netherlands Tour: Amsterdam
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…
2015 Round Up: January – June
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.
A taste of Aberdeen (part 2) Cup/BrewDog/The Tippling House/Rye and Soda
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…
Our US Trip Preview – Third Stop: New York City
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…
Day 3 of our Great Glen Way adventure
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…
Love London – Part 1
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…
