End of the third week and we're nearly there - the fact that I have no idea what I'm doing for several letters next week is NOT bothering me at all. As we've just had a week on the Isle of Skye it was the obvious choice for the letter S. Skye lies off the … Continue reading S is for Skye

Nearly the end of the third week in the A to Z blogging challenge and for R I thought I would share a few totally random things that haven't really fit into any of the other posts. I love it when we find the weird, wonderful, and slightly odd things in the area where we live.The … Continue reading R is for Random Highland Finds

Todays post for the A to Z blogging challenge is the dreaded letter Q and thanks to a lovely colleague I discovered the Quaich. This is a Scottish drinking cup that originated in the highlands and was used to signify friendship and trust between clan chiefs.Traditionally they were made out of wood, but as they … Continue reading Q is for Quaich – a Scottish friendship cup

With the threat of Q looming large in this A to Z blogging challenge, we're up to P and we visited Plockton which is on the west coast and 88 miles from us.On maps it may be called Plockton, but to many of us it will always be known as Lochdubh, the fictional village full … Continue reading P is for Plockton, the home of Hamish Macbeth

O is for Orkney, which is the closest group of islands to the north of Scotland. We visited in May 2016 and fell in love with this very windswept land. There are 70 islands that make up Orkney, but only 20 of these are inhabited.To get to Orkney from Nairn we drove 125 miles to … Continue reading O is for Orkney

Finally in the A to Z blogging challenge we get to N and the town we live in, Nairn. The town was settled by the Norse in 1000 AD, but there is some evidence that there may have been people living in this area as far back as the 4th Century.It's a lovely little seaside … Continue reading N is for Nairn

We've reached the halfway point of the A to Z blogging challenge and I wonder how many of us are needing to seek professional help, or just up the coffee and chocolate intake to get us through the second half.Todays post is short but sweet. Maggieknockater is a small hamlet which is 40 miles away … Continue reading M is for Maggieknockater

We're up to the letter L in the A to Z blogging challenge and living in the highlands of Scotland I had to do Loch Ness. That iconic body of water that people all over the world have heard of, mainly because of the supposed monster living in its depths.The size of Loch Ness has … Continue reading L is for Loch Ness

We're up to K in the A to Z blogging challenge and as tempting as it was to buy a kilt and get my beloved to model it for you, I've instead chosen the Kessock Bridge.The Kessock Bridge connects Inverness to the Black Isle, reducing a journey that used to be over 20 miles down … Continue reading K is for Kessock Bridge

For J in the A to Z blogging challenge I was struggling to come up with something and then we discovered Jemimaville! What a fabulous name.Jemimaville is 36 miles from us and is in the area that is called the Black Isle.I love the name as it makes me think of Play School and I … Continue reading J is for Jemimaville