Off we go again!
17 ottobre 2023, Scozia ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
3 months non-stop hard graft to get the house ready for rental. I'm SO ready for a break and a new life
Johnshaven
17–18 ott 2023, Scozia ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Surprise post letting me know I'm at the top of waiting list for static at Johnshaven. To accept or not, this is the question.
Ballater
18 ottobre 2023, Scozia ⋅ 🌬 10 °C
Fleeing inland to avoid storm. Booked campsite right by River Dee but they phoned to say they had to cancel as flooding forecast. So, usual spot in square - nice n sheltered n cosy
Kingussie
19–20 ott 2023, Scozia ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
Couldn't go over Tomintoul Road because of Storm Babet so ended up going Glenshee road at 4am to get ahead of worst of storm. It was like playing a car video game following the snow markers in theLeggi altro
Tain
20–21 ott 2023, Scozia ⋅ 🌬 9 °C
So wild that took shelter in B&B
Murkle, Near Thurso
21–22 ott 2023, Scozia ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
Wild afternoon's driving up the North East Coast. Lovely and quiet as most folk had done the sensible thing and stayed at home. I was in my element in the elements
South Ronaldsay, Orkney
22–28 ott 2023, Scozia ⋅ 🌬 11 °C
Finally made it after ferry cancellations. Back log in bookings meant I had to go across as foot passenger to get to pet sit in time, with the van following as unaccompanied vehicle at first availableLeggi altro
The Old Schoolhouse
23 ottobre 2023, Scozia
Home for the week
The pets, Orkney
24 ottobre 2023, Scozia ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Freda the staffi/greyhound cross, Suki the cat and some chooks
Oot n aboot, Orkney
25 ottobre 2023, Scozia
Causeways and standing stones
Stromness, Orkney
27–28 ott 2023, Scozia
Fleeing another gale. Getting across Churchill Barriers before they closed and would then miss ferry. Shitty b&b. Would have been better in van.
Checked out campsite on headland that we all stayed inLeggi altro
Hamnavoe back to Scrabster
28 ottobre 2023, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌬 10 °C
Hamnavoe still sailing same route. It eas brand new back when we crossed in 2003
Helmsdale
29–30 ott 2023, Scozia
Gales had even lifted tarmac here
Kingussie
30 ott–1 nov 2023, Scozia
Jack and Becky
1–3 nov 2023, Scozia
Into Perth to check out the flat. Visited museum. Spot the feeesh
Kingussie
4–5 nov 2023, Scozia
Dava Mooooooooor
5 novembre 2023, Scozia ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
Miles and miles and miles of bog
Nairn
5 novembre 2023, Scozia ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
3 elderly springer spaniels, a jackahuahua and an ancient cat. Arrived to learn owners not leaving till tomorrow. They treated me to tour of town and delicious tea but their company was terminallyLeggi altro
The spaniels, Nairn
6 novembre 2023, Scozia ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Angus, Fender, Isla, all old, all well behaved and affectionate, fun outside. But things the pet parent omitted from job description...Angus is deaf and pretty incontinent. Thanks folks.
Viaggiatore
The wee one on the side 🙉 doing double the distance on those hamster legs
Golum, Nairn
7 novembre 2023, Scozia ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Real name Flora but snorts, squeaks, breathes noisily. Flips between cute and hideous
The beach, Nairn
8 novembre 2023, Scozia ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Great beach looking across Moray Firth
My birthday, Inverness
9 novembre 2023, Scozia ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
Escaped the mutts for a few hours to get a meal out at The Mustard Seed, Inverness, converted church. Wonderful - vibrant, cosy with huge log burner, delicious food. So much cheerier than formerLeggi altro
Findhorn day trip
11 novembre 2023, Scozia ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Kinross via Kingussie and Kirkmichael
19 novembre 2023, Scozia ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Visit Margot. Visit Elaine, Victoria there which was braw as hadn't seen her for years
Juliet's, Bearsden
20–21 nov 2023, Scozia