Travel

  • Travel,  Walks

    To the sea

    I’ve been wanting to get out to the coast since we moved in (specifically Pittenweem) but with everything I have had on, I never seem to have had time.  But yesterday I submitted…

  • Gardening,  Travel

    Invasive Plants

    I love our Fife garden.  There are many reasons for this, the first being that it is just a gorgeous garden – although we are five minutes walk from the shops it is…

  • Travel

    Home the long way

    We came back today via the A7 and A72.  What a drive it was… In two ways.  Firstly, the weather was brilliant (glad I have a decent pair of sunglasses though) and the…

  • Travel

    Heading for the coast

    Today the plan was to head for Whitehaven and St Bees along the back road and visit Caldbeck on the way.  I always loved going there with my parents as a child –…

  • Travel

    Lakes, roads and bridges

    Today we went to the south lakes.  I have always wanted to drive round this area without the motorway, so today we drove out on the old A6 and then back along the…

  • Travel

    Off on our travels

    J and I are off on our travels this week in my new little car Gertie.  I always give our cars names based on their number plates (for example our Land Rover with…

  • Cats,  Travel

    Mother’s Day

    Some nice things in this picture, all to do with my Mum and today. We were all three of us going over to see our Mum/Mum-in-law in Helensburgh today.  I had to get…

  • Cupar,  Travel

    Moon over Cupar

    There was the most amazing moon visible when I got up this morning – photos do not do it justice.  It was like a giant blood orange hanging so low in the sky…