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…
On my first full day in Slovenia, Vlado took me to see the Ski slopes as Planica. We then went to see the Bled Castle, which overlooks Bled Lake. We each had a helping of the lovely Bled Cream Cake in the castle café. Vlado drove South to the spectacular Postojna caves from which I…
This, below, is the view over Chew Valley Lake from the approach road to Nettwood farm where I was staying for the week, commencin Friday, at my usual Lookout Lodge. The featured image shows the Alpcas, which are in the adjoining field and come up to the fence of Lookout lodge and look and sniff…
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…
I was on a short holiday in Grasmere and it was raining cats and dogs. Like lots of others (on a fine day they get 2 or 4 for the tour) I came in out of the rain and went on a tour of the slate mine. There were two parties of about 30 each…
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…