Scotland in general

I've live in the Highlands of Scotland all my life. I don't think I ever really appreciated how amazing it actually is until I grew up and went to other places. I always felt myself being drawn back home I am always going to be a country girl and I actually get nervous about ever having to move to a City. So when the time came in life to go to Uni or college I decided it just wasn't for me. (The thought of not living in a tiny town made me feel complete fear). So I carried on working and living in Evanton, Ross Shire. It was a great little town and all areas and towns round it were also great. The best thing about Evanton is Fyrish Monument which ...  Read the complete review

Being born and brought up in England, Scotland had always been one of the places that I intended to visit, but never quite got around to doing so. That is until a couple of years ago. As an extended weekend break for my Husband's birthday we booked a short break with a local coach travel company which included a stay at The Spittal of Glenshee which is close to Deeside. The coach journey from our home in East Yorkshire was rather long and drawn out. Primarily we travelled on the motorway and so the scenery was sparse to say the least. It was late October and the weather during the journey saw everything from sun, to rain, to hail and to snow. As we stopped at the ...  Read the complete review

I have always been a big fan of rain. As long as I know there are clean dry clothes waiting for me at the other end of a rain shower, a hot bath, a nice wee drink, I’m happy. It’s great for my garden, makes all the pretty flowers grow, and saves me lugging great hefty buckets and watering cans about. Fantastic. Rain is something that comes with the territory of walking the West Highland Way. When I did it, in the middle of June, expecting maybe to come home with a tan that might make me look less like a milk bottle and more like someone who’s been lounging by a pool in Costa Rica, it rained every single day. Yes, that’s Every Single Day. But you know what? I loved ...  Read the complete review

People of Dooyoo As penance for spending the majority of last week feeding on the oh so tasty MaryanneH, it falls upon me to give you a tour of the West Coast of Scotland, an incredibly beautiful part of the British Isles. Now I first met MaryanneH outside her tent in Inver Coe, at the foot of Glencoe, right on the banks of Loch Leven. The Highlands of Scotland are famous for two things, having really big hills, might even call them mountains and loads of Lochs (that?s Lakes for all you English folks out there). The loch, as with any stretch of water, ...  Read the complete review

Clearing a bookshelf I found the diary my friend and I had written when hitch-hiking through Scotland. I thought at once I could use it for an op, so I contacted the travel guide and asked him what he thought of it. What ? Have we now to ask for permission when we want to write an op? No, rest assured, nobody has thought of that, but, erhmm, the date on the cover of the diary says '1964'! He replied that certainly not only our auld friends up north would enjoy a tale of days gone by and I should go ahead. Let me warn you, this op is a bit on the longish side, if you're in a hurry, you'd better pass on... My friend from uni and I had ...  Read the complete review