Off we go again!
17 października 2023, Szkocja ⋅ ⛅ 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 paź 2023, Szkocja ⋅ ☁️ 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 października 2023, Szkocja ⋅ 🌬 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 paź 2023, Szkocja ⋅ 🌧 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 the Czytaj więcej
Tain
20–21 paź 2023, Szkocja ⋅ 🌬 9 °C
So wild that took shelter in B&B
Murkle, Near Thurso
21–22 paź 2023, Szkocja ⋅ 🌧 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 paź 2023, Szkocja ⋅ 🌬 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 available Czytaj więcej
The Old Schoolhouse
23 października 2023, Szkocja
Home for the week
The pets, Orkney
24 października 2023, Szkocja ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Freda the staffi/greyhound cross, Suki the cat and some chooks
Oot n aboot, Orkney
25 października 2023, Szkocja
Causeways and standing stones
Stromness, Orkney
27–28 paź 2023, Szkocja
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 in Czytaj więcej
Hamnavoe back to Scrabster
28 października 2023, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌬 10 °C
Hamnavoe still sailing same route. It eas brand new back when we crossed in 2003
Helmsdale
29–30 paź 2023, Szkocja
Gales had even lifted tarmac here
Kingussie
30 paź–1 lis 2023, Szkocja
Jack and Becky
1–3 lis 2023, Szkocja
Into Perth to check out the flat. Visited museum. Spot the feeesh
Kingussie
4–5 lis 2023, Szkocja
Dava Mooooooooor
5 listopada 2023, Szkocja ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
Miles and miles and miles of bog
Nairn
5 listopada 2023, Szkocja ⋅ ☀️ 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 terminally Czytaj więcej
The spaniels, Nairn
6 listopada 2023, Szkocja ⋅ ⛅ 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.
Golum, Nairn
7 listopada 2023, Szkocja ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Real name Flora but snorts, squeaks, breathes noisily. Flips between cute and hideous
The beach, Nairn
8 listopada 2023, Szkocja ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Great beach looking across Moray Firth
My birthday, Inverness
9 listopada 2023, Szkocja ⋅ ☀️ 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 former Czytaj więcej
Findhorn day trip
11 listopada 2023, Szkocja ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Kinross via Kingussie and Kirkmichael
19 listopada 2023, Szkocja ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Visit Margot. Visit Elaine, Victoria there which was braw as hadn't seen her for years
Juliet's, Bearsden
20–21 lis 2023, Szkocja