Final Farewells
13/10/17 – 16/10/17 On the way south we took a small detour around the bottom of the M25 to allow us to visit friends and family who live in South… Read more »
13/10/17 – 16/10/17 On the way south we took a small detour around the bottom of the M25 to allow us to visit friends and family who live in South… Read more »
11/10/17-12/10/17 We moved from our overnight parking spot to the National Trust parking at Dunwich Heath ready for a stroll around the heath. The heath to the north and inland was… Read more »
7/10/17 – 10/10/17 Aaron’s Graduation was a punctuation mark in our journey, the event that would free us up to travel overseas. But it wasn’t really a full stop, more of… Read more »
03/10/17-06/10/17 Our son Aaron was due to graduate as an RAF officer on 5th October so we had booked a campsite for a few days to use as a… Read more »
02/10/17 The cockerel that had been strutting around the previous evening decided to give full voice at sunrise so we were up bright and early. With the dawning of the… Read more »
01/10/17 As you are probably aware, we were heading south at this point in order to attend Aaron’s passing out/graduation day at RAF Cranwell. As well as a parade and… Read more »
30/09/17 Having crossed the border back into England we thought it was only fitting that we visit Hadrian’s wall to see how the Roman empire managed the border with the wild lands outside it’s… Read more »
We have managed 6 weeks and 2 days in Scotland on this trip, covering only a small part of the country and even then managing only a small sample of what is available… Read more »
28/09/17-28/09/17 Over the last week we have started to feel a little unsettled as we realised our time in Scotland was coming to a close – what should we do… Read more »
27/09/17-28/09/17 I would never have thought about visiting Falkirk if it wasn’t for Facebook. I will admit I have a bit of a Facebook addiction, accessing it far more than… Read more »
26/09/17-27/09/17 We left Kilvrecht to head east along the string of lochs, all with hydro schemes for electricity generation, until we hit the A9 where we were able to start heading… Read more »
24/09/17-25/09/17 As mentioned in the previous post, we had run out of water. We’d staved off the inevitable by one day, using the showers at the mountain biking area, but we… Read more »
23/09/17 The move eastwards to the Cairngorms gifted us with a day of sunshine, but it wasn’t going to last. We toyed with a long strenuous walk up Cairngorm and Ben Macdui… Read more »
21/09/17 – 22/09/17 Fort William is a fairly unprepossessing town, more utilitarian than picturesque, particularly in poor weather when the views of Ben Nevis cannot be seen. However it is… Read more »
20/09/17 We were sorry to be leaving Mull, but with several days of poor weather forecast and a looming deadline to get to Aaron’s graduation we just couldn’t hang around… Read more »
19/09/17 Unintentionally we made a poor decision today – we had to choose between another day lazing at Fidden Farm and maybe popping over on the ferry to Iona, or… Read more »
18/09/17 When we were parked under the shadow of Ben More we got talking to the occupants of one of the campervans and they recommended Fidden Farm campsite. They waxed… Read more »
16/09/17-17/09/17 After a lovely day at Calgary Bay, the weather turned a little gloomy again, but when we had last seen the forecast it was just the one day of… Read more »
15/09/17 Calgary is a city in Canada, it’s airport is often used as a gateway to the Rockies. Calgary is also a small village on the North West corner of Mull with… Read more »
14/09/17 On Mull the roads are in the highland style i.e. single track with passing places. The classification of the road does not tell you how wide it is, but… Read more »