Exploring Edinburgh
15/09/24 We aren’t usually great at enjoying city breaks, but we decided that we just had to spend some time in Edinburgh. Paul hasn’t been before and I’ve only stayed… Read more »
Category: Scotland
A tale of two Bike Parks
12/09/24 While in the Scottish Borders it would be rude not to visit some of the excellent mountain biking facilities that are on offer. The 7Stanes are a collection of… Read more »
We made it to Scotland
11/09/24 We made it to Scotland! Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised, but with Bertie’s recent radiator disaster we drove with our eyes on the temperature gauge and a slight tension… Read more »
A Week in Glen Nevis
Fort William is not the most prepossessing town, and our memories of it are somewhat tainted by the fact we almost always visit in poor weather when the grey wet… Read more »
The Roads – More or Less – Travelled
We have spent a lot of holidays in Scotland. We particularly love the west coast ‘where the mountains meet the sea’ and have spent many pre-motorhome holidays enjoying the mountains… Read more »
Country Summary – Scotland, the most beautiful place in the world?
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 »
Final Days in Scotland
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 »
Fabulous Falkirk
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 »
A Tale of Two Bike Rides
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 »
More Drizzly Days
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 »
The Shepherd’s Hill
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 »
Neptune’s Staircase
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 »
Dashing Across Ardnamurchan
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 »
The Road to Carsaig
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 »
A Day of Rest
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 »
More, Otters and Eagles
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 »
White Sands of Calgary
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 »
On the Move on Mull
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 »
A Moist Start on Mull
12/09/17-13/09/17 In Oban the following morning we did some supermarket shopping to stock up on a few essentials before going over to Mull. Our plans were going to take us… Read more »
A Bit of Nostalgia
11/09/17 Barnluasgan is near to the Crinan Canal which was built to allow boats to pass across the Kintyre peninsular without having to take the significantly longer journey around it’s… Read more »