The ferry wasn’t cancelled! It turns out the cancellation of the ferry was in regards to low tide, not the weather at all…so that whole “let me check the weather’ spiel was a complete charade! The ferry chugged over to Mallaig in about 25 minutes, sea spray hitting […]
It started out as a fairly lazy day…delicious breakfast cooked by our gracious hosts, and then we crawled back in bed. Yep, a decadent nap was taken…it was very rainy and windy out and the bed was so cozy…this trip is all about doing what we want to […]
This song has been a favorite of mine since childhood, and it’s been continuously running through my brain since we arrived in the Highlands. A SCOTTISH SOLDIER By Andy Stewart There was a soldier, a Scottish soldier Who wandered far away and soldiered far away There was none […]
Howdy folks, this is John. I gave Bex the morning off and decided to scribe today’s entry meself. ‘ope it ‘olds up. Today we decided to throw caution to the wind and attempt driving on this beautiful isle.Ominously, it was windy as hell. But, as you are observing, […]
Something called me to the Isle of Skye…I’ve never been there before, I had no prior knowledge of the place…but spending a couple of days on an island covered with mountains really appealed to me. So, after a quick visit to Inverness, we jumped on another train that […]
Today was a travel day to the Highlands. We left Marion and Georgia in their cosy flat and hiked 1.3 miles to the train station with our packs. That’s really the longest we’ve walked with them so far and it wasn’t bad at all. We clipped the daypack […]
With the weather forecast pointing towards rain for today, we planned to spend most of the day inside in the National Museum of Scotland and the National Galleries. As it turns out, we had plenty of sunshine and plenty of wind. Just before we crossed the road to […]
We said our goodbyes to the family, packed up our bags again and caught the train to Edinburgh with our packed lunches safely stowed. The train from Edinburgh to York is a beautiful ride, I spent most of the time staring out the window at the sea. Spending […]
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