A Power Station and a Pub Stopover
22/11/2024 As we sailed towards the Scottish mainland we could see that there had been a lot more snow than the sprinkling we’d encountered on Orkney. Luckily for our plans,… Read more »
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Orkney Part 5 – Last Days on the Mainland
21/11/2024 It always feels a bit awkward talking about the ‘Mainland’. Are we talking about Orkney Mainland or UK Mainland? This last blog entry for Orkney talks about our final… Read more »
Orkney Part 4 – Sanday
15/11/2024 Is it wrong to book a destination based on Pizza? It’s not that pizza was the reason we wanted to go to Sanday. But once we’d decided we were… Read more »
Orkney Part 3 – An Interlude at Stenness
12/11/2024 When we got back from Westray we had originally hoped to get the ferry straight to Sanday. But there was no room for us until the following morning so… Read more »
Orkney Part 2 – Westray
11/11/2024 While we were at Pool Farmhouse we planned out our visits to other islands. We were hoping to get to Westray, Sanday and Hoy on this trip, with possible… Read more »
Orkney Part 1 – South Ronaldsay and East Mainland
06/11/2024 We set off for Orkney on the 2nd November from Gill’s Bay. It was a lovely day for our crossing, a hopeful sign of the weather to come. We… Read more »
Not Quite the North
02/11/24 We had an early start to John O’Groats and got to the main car park before anyone else. Nothing was open yet and the only sign of life was… Read more »
Making Plans and Heading North
30/10/2024 We had been watching the weather forecast for a little while. Being British we are obsessed with the weather anyway, but this was a level above the usual, with… Read more »
Bike Trails and Seaboard Villages
28/10/2024 Following our walk up Ben Wyvis we drove back east towards the coast, through popular Fortrose and Rosemarkie where Chanonry Point offers good opportunities for dolphin spotting. We didn’t… Read more »
A Day on Ben Wyvis
26/10/2024 Our reason for heading inland was to climb a mountain. Ben Wyvis is a munro. We are slowly ticking off these mountains over 3000 feet and as it was… Read more »
Historic Sites and Leaping Salmon
25/10/2024 This was to be one of those busy days. They happen sometimes. Unexpectedly we find ourselves able to stuff a lot of activity into a single day. This morning… Read more »
Randolph’s Leap
24/10/24 River Findhorn Somewhere I had read that the Findhorn River was one of the most underrated and beautiful rivers in Scotland. I don’t know how true that is. Certainly… Read more »
A Few Days in Findhorn
23/10/24 It was time for work again so we made our way to Findhorn for three nights on the campsite. They were doing a good deal for pitches in the… Read more »
New Tyres and Controversy in Elgin
. 21/10/24 When I think of Elgin I automatically think of marbles. Not the rolling kind, but the magnificent marble friezes from the Parthenon which were taken to Britain with… Read more »
A Taste of Lossiemouth
19/10/24 Lossiemouth is one of those places you see mentioned often in facebook groups. A stopover enjoyed by many whether due to the tourist facilities, the beach or the opportunity… Read more »
Shingle banks of the Spey
17/10/24 Yet again it was time for work. These couple of days a week come so quickly. I cant believe that I actually managed to do a ‘normal’ working week…. Read more »
Biking the Moray Monster Trails
14/10/2024 After a lot of walking it was time to indulge Paul with some Mountain Biking. Winding Walks is a Scottish Forestry location which hosts the ‘Moray Monster’ trails and… Read more »
Enjoying the Cullen Coast
13/10/24 Banff, Canada, is somewhere I remember fondly. Many years ago I went with my sister, brother in law and *ahem* ex husband. We had an amazing time, spending 10… Read more »
Our First CAMPRA Aire
10/10/24 CAMPRA – the Campaign for Real Aires – is a non profit organisation which has been campaigning for better, all year round, motorhome parking and facilities in the UK…. Read more »
A Tale of Two Stately Homes
09/10/24 A couple of days work were looming on the horizon and so we scouted out a nearby campsite. Nothing really filled us with a great deal of enthusiasm so… Read more »