One Mackerel, Two One-Way Streets and Three Lighthouses
08/11/17 – 10/11/17 We had a bit of a lazy day on 8th November. For some reason we just couldn’t get moving and our plans for a bike ride ended… Read more »
08/11/17 – 10/11/17 We had a bit of a lazy day on 8th November. For some reason we just couldn’t get moving and our plans for a bike ride ended… Read more »
07/11/17 We moved on from Boiro first thing in the morning, leaving the yappy dog behind us. Our destination was the Dunas de Corrubedo, a nature reserve on the west… Read more »
03/11/17 The reason for our slight back-track was to visit San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, a small islet with a chapel on the top, linked to the mainland with a man… Read more »
29/10/17-30/10/17 Our guidebook to France had recommended the coastal path from Hendaye to Bidart as being a not-to-be-missed walking route in southwest France. We looked for somewhere to park 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
10/09/17 The day on Gigha had been a brief respite from the rain. The following morning it was tipping down again and difficult to believe we’d been chilling on the… Read more »
05/09/17 We woke up to fine weather and so continued with our plan to walk around the coast to Carradale. The intention was to follow part of the Kintyre way to… Read more »
02/09/17 After a day on the mountain we didn’t feel like doing anything too strenuous so we headed to Brodick. We parked up in the car park by the Mountain… Read more »
01/09/17 Goatfell is the highest mountain on Arran and we had been looking for a suitable day to climb it before we left. Although we had had plenty of decent… Read more »
31/08/17 Lochranza is a village on the northern coast of Arran, set alongside a small sea loch. I don’t know when a bay or inlet becomes a loch, but the name… Read more »
29/08/17 There was much excitement the next morning. Paul popped out for his morning cigarette and saw some movement in the water…it was an otter. Not the first otter sighting… Read more »
25/08/17 – 26/08/17 The next day we thought we would go for a bike ride, there is a scenic trail of just under 40 miles around the Galloway forest which… Read more »
24/08/17 Next up we wanted to head for the Forest of Galloway for some walking and mountain biking. Heading back up to Newton Stewart we took a tip from the… Read more »
19/08/17 – 20/08/17 Because of my usual tardiness in posting the blog I have decided to label each post with the date(s) it pertains to. That way you, the reader,… Read more »