On my recent coach trip to Pitlochry my fellow passengers and I had a day out in Stirling. the last time I was there was in 1968 when my late Scottish wife and I were ‘courting’ and had a day out there.
I could not remember much of it from then but spent most of my time there in Stirling Castle. I bought the audio guide which was downloaded via a QR Code to my mobile phone. The commentary was excellent and I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the castle.
On day one we had a full Island tour and our driver was the knowledgeable Sean, originally from Yorkshire – but we did not hold that against him. There are twelve parishes of Jersey (Les pâraisses dé Jèrri), all have access to the sea and share a name with their ancient parish churches. We must…
On my recent coach trip to Pitlochry the other passengers and I were given the opportunity to see the Queen’s View in Highland Perthshire, which overlooks Loch Tummel and is said to have been named after Queen Victoria, following her visit to the area in 1866. Looking down the loch, the mountains of Glencoe are…
In late June I travelled to Thorney in Cambridgeshire, home of one branch of my ancestry, since my tenth great grandfather d’Isaac Sigié moved there, probably from Leiden in Holland, in the mid 1600s to work to drain the fens. He was one of “The French” so called because of their dialect. They were –…
I was unable to get a decent photograph of the stone circle because of its size and I could not get any closer. They are situated in the small village of Stanton Drew, not too far from East Harptree where I stayed. It is the third largest complex of prehistoric standing stones in England. Unlike…