Portpatrick Day 3 – August 2023

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 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…

I went on my annual holiday to my native Somerset in August when Covid restrictions were somewhat relaxed, here are some images from it. First Bristol Suspension Bridge, which I had never seen up close before.  On a rainy Wednesday in the city of Wells, I was surprised that they allowed dogs inside Wells Cathedral…

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…

I had read a series of crime books by Simon McCleave featuring DI Ruth Hunter, which got me interested and it was not too far from Leyland, so Maisie and I had a holiday in Anglesey in June staying at a self-catering accomodation in the Tai Hirion Caravan & Campsite, Pentraeth, Isle of Anglesey. It…

I spent the first day of my holiday exploring Mundesley. One of my first journeys was a bus trip to nearby Cromer – my bus pass worked there but I had to pay £0.50 per journey or £1.00 for a day for my little Norfolk Terrier, Maisie. The image opposite is of Cromer Pier. While…