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.
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…
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…
The weather was lovely in the morning and I spent it in Pitlochry, walking do the River Tummel and viewing the Dam and Salmon Ladder. The dam is part of the Tummel hydro-electric power scheme, which is an interconnected network of dams, power stations, aqueducts and electric power transmission. I took the photo of the…
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…
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…
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…