So. It’s been a while. The razor sharp amongst you may have spotted that 2024’s blog ended abruptly without the usual end of journey musings. Meanwhile 2025’s was non existent. We travelled of course. Scotland […]
So. It’s been a while. The razor sharp amongst you may have spotted that 2024’s blog ended abruptly without the usual end of journey musings. Meanwhile 2025’s was non existent. We travelled of course. Scotland […]
We start the day with a visit to the two gardens which supported the Abbey. They have become separated by management over time, but are virtually side by side with each referring the other as […]
Another day mainly travelling moving ever southward. We spend most of the day on the road, going past soft green hills and pasture. It’s very apparent that we have left the wilderness behind us and […]
I don’t know how he did it, but Chris has coaxed (scowled…) me out of bed and back on the early train into Edinburgh again. The weather is a little kinder today, quite a lovely […]
So, today we are off to Edinburgh. This means an early start as we have to walk to the train station 20 minutes away and we have the better part of an hour’s journey in. […]
Another day, another castle. This time, we are off to the Falkland Palace and Garden in the village of Falkland. It was favourite retreat of the Stuart dynasty and a former residence of Queen Mary, […]
Chris starts the day with an early morning spotting of six fat rabbits. Beach bunnies. We were a little challenged otherwise this morning. The first two places we attempt to visit are closed. The old […]
Oh my. Day sixty. Tell me, exactly where did those last 60 days go? I can see now the value in keeping this diary, as time does literally just fly by. Scotland is indeed the […]
We continued to follow the Highland Tourist Route today, ostensibly to visit the Mar Lodge Estate. We passed out of farm country today and into the Cairngorms National Park and Cairngorms mountain range. As with […]
Toady was another “mostly travel” day as we wind our way around the eastern coast via the Highland Tourist Route. We start the day with a challenging uphill walk in the forest. No furry buddies, […]