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 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…
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…
For my annual Somerset holiday, I stayed again in 2022 at Lookout Lodge in East Harptree, Northeast Somerset, on the north facing slope of the Mendips, looking out towards Chew Valley Lake. The holiday accommodation is on the same site as the Viewing Platform. This was the last remaining WW2 cabin existing in the UK…
Top left, my friend Vladimir on the ramparts of Ljubljana Castle which stands on Castle Hill above downtown Ljubljana, on the first evening of my visit to Slovenia. It is a key landmark of the town. Originally a medieval fortress, it was probably constructed in the 11th century and rebuilt in the 12th century. Top…
We spent the Monday in Ljubljana, commencing with crossing the Butcher’s Bridge on which many “love padlocks” adorn the bridge, placed there by lovers as token of their love. After that we went to the old town and on the way called into the Ljubljana Roman Cathedral of St Nicholas (katedrala Ljubljana), like the other…
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…