The liquorice allsorts are back! – 4th June, 2023 Our 5th trip to Scotland and the allsorts are lining up on the dashboard again. This trip is a cathartic journey for both Janette and me. The second half of 2023 was ‘anus horribilus’ for both of us. I won’t go into too many details, but […]
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Scotland – island hopping 2022 – Day 3
Our 2nd day at Largs – 8th May, 2022. A brisk walk 2km walk down the Ayrshire Coastal Path to the Kelburn Country Park on a gloriously warm day. This is a good half day out with a wide variety of walks for all abilities and plenty of activities for children to be entertained. As […]
Scotland – island hopping 2022 – Days 1 – 2
Back in the old girl – 6th May, 2022 We are back in the old girl again (sorry Hilma but we must face facts – none of us are getting any younger). Boy it feels good, so much lost time in the past 24 months. Having said that we are in better place than many […]
Bonnie Scotland – Day 9
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
North Coast 500 – in conclusion
I guess the big question is not necessarily “Did we enjoy it” (I think the blog does an effective job of proving that), the question we should be asking is “Would we do it again?”.The answer is an affirmative “Yes”.We may not follow exactly the same route, we may pass through some places that we […]
North Coast 500 tour – Days 4-5
8th May Now we really are on the NC 500 tour! The previous days were all a build up to today. Leaving Inverness the sun was shining once again for the 4th day on the run. Previous holidays in Scotland have also proved a bonus with the weather for us in May or early June. […]
North Coast 500 – Days 1-3
5th May And they’re off – like a ferret down the trousers, like a greyhound out the trap, like Red Rum winning the Grand National – more like a snail with the scent of a Pansy in it’s olfactory senses. After the stress of getting the dash light sorted (previous post) we were all packed […]
North Coast 500 – before the start
Strictly speaking this first post about our Scottish trip is about getting to the NC 500. We live a good few hours away from the Scottish border and so as the North Coast 500 starts at Inverness we did not want to feel like chewed cardboard by dashing up there to start (besides Hilma doesn’t […]