On my second day I drove through Aberfeldy to Kenmore where I took the photos of Loch Tay and some picturesque houses in that small village. I journeyed on down Loch Tay and returned via Lochearnhead and Crieff, which was a more ‘central belt’ town than I previously imagined.
During my annual holiday in Somerset in May 2022, I visited St James Church in Cameley – about 5 miles from my home village of Timsbury and on the edge of the Mendips. It has an impressive fifteenth-century tower built of red Mendip sandstone with a handsome parapet and the rest of the church built…
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 –…
For my first day in Portpatrick (Dumfries and Galloway) it was pouring down on the way up, especially through the lakes, but when I got within about 15 miles of Portpatrick, it stopped, became and remained blue sky for the rest of my holiday. As can be seen from the featured image my hotel was…
On my first full day I drove down to the Mull of Galloway, calling in for lunch at Kirkmaiden, near Drunmore. My late wife, Christeen’s, grandfather was born in Mill street, Kirkmaiden _ never met him as he died before I met my wife but she always said he was lovely and gentle man. I…
Two friends, Gillean and Irene, and I with our dogs, Maisie (mine) and Mitzi (Gillean’s) had a short holiday in Largs in July. I drove and we stayed at the Woodhouse Hotel in Largs. When we were there a son of Largs, Sam Torrance, a famous golfer came into the lounge and as you can…
On our middle day we had a day out in Peel on the west coast of the IOM. It is a beautiful town with a lovely harbour and historic castle. Within the castle walls there is a cathedral, St German of Man, which was originally inside the walls of Peel Castle and was built sometime…