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 […]

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, […]

Let’s just day today “a castle and seals unlimited” Chris woke me at the crack of dawn (7am for mere mortals) with whispered tones….“there are seals outside”. Now I find it hard to get out […]

We finally made it to John O’Groats today. Not the northern most bit of Scotland, as I had thought (although it’s very close), but the longest distance between settlements in the mainland. It’s a tiny […]

We continued our north western coastal route today, wrapping our way around the coast and through the mountains and lochs. Most of today’s path was farm land as opposed to national park, but other than […]

Today was a three seal day. Let me explain. We start the first of the National Tourist routes today, with the North and West Highland route. It’s been planned to showcase the absolute best of […]