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 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…
Thanks to our organisers our arrangements for our first Leyland U3A holiday went flawlessly – it was even arranged the added excitement of our coach to Liverpool airport getting a puncture just before Charnock Richard services. We were able to pull in to the services and a replacement coach came within 30 minutes and we…
On my recent coach trip to Pitlochry the other passengers and I had a day out in Perth in the morning and Dundee in the afternoon. I visited Discovery Point in Dundee, where the ship RSS Discovery is moored. I visited the Discovery Point museum exploring all 11 galleries, and 9 audio-visual film shows with…
For my first day in Portpatrick (Dumfries and Galloway) it was pouring down on the way up, especially through the lakes, but when I got within about 15 miles of Portpatrick, it stopped, became and remained blue sky for the rest of my holiday. As can be seen from the featured image my hotel was…
My now annual holiday to Nettwood Farm in East Harptree, Somerset was delayed because of a sad incident. The Viewing Platform burned to the ground at Christmas 2020. This was doubly sad because it was the last remaining WW2 cabin in Britain. Debbie and Jeremy worked wonders and got Lookout Lodge, pictured above set up…