Bettyhill and the Highland Clearances
23/11/2024 After visiting Dounreay we drove westwards along the A836. The views were becoming more desolate, this is the edge of the Flow Country. We really want to drive inland… Read more »
Tag: Coast Path
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 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 »
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 »
Castle, Cliffs and Caves
07/10/24 We moved on from Aberdeen to Port Errol. This is a justifiably popular overnight stop with the Bay of Cruden right next door. This sweeping curve of golden sands… Read more »
An Early Birthday in the Silver City
04/10/24 From the mountains to the city. Our next destination was Aberdeen, named the Silver City in early tourist literature because of the sparkles in the granite stones of many… Read more »
Mixing with the Rich Kids
25/09/24 A work interlude We passed a couple of days in peace and quiet at Drumcarro Farm campsite, a small inland CL with a friendly owner, EHU and excellent 4G… Read more »
Elie Chain Walk and More
21/09/24 I had pencilled Elie into the map on the basis of it’s Chain Walk. I was doing a little research to find out whether it was worth us bringing… Read more »
A fishing trip to Mousehole
18/05/2023 We hadn’t been planning a trip in the motorhome until the end of May, but Paul was very keen to go deep sea fishing, something he used to do… Read more »
War Memorials and Waiting
23/04/2023 Our fuel tank was running dry and we needed to fill it up with the cheap stuff as soon as we crossed the border between Germany and Luxembourg. Then… Read more »
Perranporth Party
As I write this it’s already 2022 and getting harder and harder to remember what we were doing in the summer of 2021. Luckily we use a diary to remind… Read more »
Coastal Walking around Watergate Bay
When we went into lockdown in January we immediately started thinking about what we would do when lockdown lifted. Some people may take the opposite approach and decide that there… Read more »
A Surprise Celebration and Getting Back Out in Bertie
As soon as we got a sniff that campsites might be allowed to open we started thinking about getting away in Bertie. Although neither of us felt any trepidation about… Read more »