Monday 27th May We left Altnaharra today looking forward to a wonderful drive to Helmsdale. The road follows the railway route we took from Helmsdale to Forsinard, we visited the RSPB reserve there in 2017 during our North Coast 500 trip. We were not disappointed despite the intermittent rain – to be honest intermittent rain […]
Month: May 2019
Bonnie Scotland – Day 8
Sunday 26th May Raining sheep and deer today. Imagine that. Off out to lunch today as there seems to be a huge low (or two I suspect) hanging over Scotland and it is not moving away (I don’t really know as we have no way of finding out apart from the printed day’s weather on […]
Bonnie Scotland – Day 7
Saturday 25th May Raining cats & dogs. Wouldn’t that be a thing – imagine walking down the street and a St.Bernard fell on your head! You might just come round after a few minutes then down comes a Persian Blue to whack you on the ear. You’d quickly take cover – which is precisely what […]
Bonnie Scotland – Days 5 & 6
Thursday 23rd May – European Elections Day (who’d have thought we would even be participating?) A bit of a washout today – weather was due to close in around midday so a quick game of scrabble to get the brain going and then an hours walk up to a nearby cairn and back in time […]
Bonnie Scotland – Days 3 & 4
Tuesday 21st May We left Blairgowrie and headed north to Culloden Moor – seeing an RSPB reserve en-route we called in at Insh Marshes and spent a wonderful hour and a half looking through the scope and binoculars. Nothing spectacular – just good old fashioned nature. The highlight was a flock of Curlew (about 20+) […]
Bonnie Scotland – Day 2
Monday 20th May I can’t believe it’s not a ‘work’ day, HURRAH! Went for a very gentle jog this morning through the woods – nothing too strenuous mind, it’s been a year since I did any serious running so i’m being careful. Today we are off to Blairgowrie – why so many ‘Blairs’ in Scotland? […]
Our third trip to Bonnie Scotland
Sunday May 19th, 2019 – Day 1 Today we set off on our third trip to Scotland in Hilma. This time we are taking 4 days to get there. Many people have asked why 4 days, believe me when you are driving a 4 ton 8ft wide and 18ft long vehicle you have to concentrate […]