I drove to the Hydro Hotel, Pitlochry on what should have been Freedom (from Covid restrictions) Day. It was not to be but the restrictions did not impact too much on my stay – apart from having to wear the hated mask! I had stayed at the Hydro last year and realised that it is dog friendly. During my 4 night stay I ate my breakfast and evening meals in the bar area where my Norfolk Terrier dog, Maisie was allowed.
On my first day I drove to Queen’s View, which I had seen in autumn before. The weather was lovely as can be seen from the photo. Loch Tummel and beyond Loch Rannoch can be seen in the view. I drove along the northern shores of Loch Tummel and Loch Rannoch to Rannoch Station which…
In July 2022 I went on a nostalgic coach tour holiday to the Isle of Man (IOM). It was where I met my dear late Scottish wife, Christeen, on holiday in July 1967, almost 55 years to the day – the first time I had been back. I and my brother, Rob (our other friend…
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…
On day two we had a free day. Some went to the swimming pool, others to St Aubin on the mock railway along the front but I visited Liberation Square and spent the rest of the day in Elizabeth Castle, built on a tidal rocky islet in St Aubin’s Bay and which has defended Jersey…
I have been doing my family tree, concentrating on my paternal side. My grandmother, Rose, was an Emmett from Longridge in Lancashire. She was daughter of John Emmett and Alice Chapman. In a stroke of serandipity a DNA match with a man living in Canada, threw up clues to my Gran’s maternal family which I…