Honister Slate Mine

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…

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 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…

On our third day we went to Castletown and the Southern 100 motorcycle race – a lesser race than the Isle of Man TT but nevertheless very exciting. At the time we were there was an accident (with no serious injuries) which meant the final lap was abandoned. As it was on a coach tour…

I went on a Cairngorm Travel coach holiday based in the Duke of Gordon hotel, Kingussie with Leyland u3a. There were thirty-seven of members on the Kingussie holiday so the coach was allocated just to our group. For both outward and return journeys we stopped at Moffat for lunch with an additional stop at the…