Category Archives: Travel

It was a 06:45 alarm that woke us today, followed by a six and a half hour journey from Inverness to North Shields, with two stops to take on fuel: one for the car in the morning in Pitlochry and … Continue reading →

It’s been longer, actually, by a few days. I’m filled with the same paradoxical sensation that I always have at the end of one of our holidays, particularly the summer ones. On the one hand, it seems quite recent that … Continue reading →

It had to be done, just so that we didn’t have to come back and do it some other time: Loch Ness. If I make it sound as if we were dreading it, that’s deliberately misleading. Actually, Loch Ness is … Continue reading →

Don’t we all? The double T is not a misspelling, but refers to a village on Orkney. How can you not love a place that laughs in the face of the world’s sniggering. We left Orkney via St. Margaret’s Hope … Continue reading →

Today was our last full day on Orkney and the weather treated us to glorious sunshine and blue skies. After a brief walk into Kirkwall to purchase wool for Sarah to knit with, we drove out to Mull Head and … Continue reading →