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.
In the morning of my third day in Slovenia Vlado drove us to Ptuj. This is the the view over Ptuj from the castle. The traditional Ptuj carnival features n=many strange and surreal costumes, some of which are pictured next to me. We then drove to Pristava near the border with Croatia where we where…
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 had read a series of crime books by Simon McCleave featuring DI Ruth Hunter, which got me interested and it was not too far from Leyland, so Maisie and I had a holiday in Anglesey in June staying at a self-catering accomodation in the Tai Hirion Caravan & Campsite, Pentraeth, Isle of Anglesey. It…
My Niece, Elissa (she is daughter of my youngest brother Geoff), decided to get married to her long-term partner Derek Schlueter. Both my two brothers and her live in Canda so they decided to have the wedding in the Dominican Republic, at the Ocean El Fara hotel in Punta Cana. It was a lovely hotel…
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…