In July we went to Argyll and the area that my beloved grew up in - I've already blogged a couple of times about our holiday, read Argyll memories in the sun here. Whilst my other posts make it look like we had glorious sunshine the whole time, we did have one day of continuous rain, so … Continue reading Scottish Prison Life in the 1800’s

After a couple of weeks break I'm back with Top Ten Thursdays - things that did or didn't go to plan. Found this subject quite difficult as some are things that I think people would find very boring and others are things that I can't really share in public. Number 1 is the best one … Continue reading Top Ten Thursdays – Plans

Recently Ken spotted this derelict home off the road that runs across the moorland between here and Grantown, so of course we had to stop and investigate - he only takes me to the best places. It's a great fixer upper but you'd have to survive without electricity and mains running water. Apart from that … Continue reading Second hand books and murder at Abernethy Old Kirk

This Saturday was a great fun day out, visiting Cairngorm Mountain and the funicular railway. The resort is only 45 miles away and is stunningly beautiful scenery. This is a picture that we took on the way up the mountain to the start of the railway.Cairngorm Mountain is the 6th tallest mountain in the UK, … Continue reading Exploring the beauty of the Cairngorms

Here we are at Thursday again and a topic that I can think of loads of examples but not all of them can be published for the general public to read. We're talking uncomfortable situations and several of these are going to be ones that I've witnessed as they're definitely worth mentioning.1. I have a … Continue reading Top Ten Thursdays – Uncomfortable Situations

This weekend we had a sponsored walk in Edinburgh to support the charity Target Ovarian Cancer - they are a really good charity and if you would like to know more about them then click HERE.As Edinburgh is 177 miles away we drove down on Saturday afternoon to stay in a hotel near to where the … Continue reading Taking steps for Ovarian Cancer

Top ten Thursday and a subject I love - movie locations!! I love visiting places that I can recognise from the silver screen and we even go out of our way sometimes to do this, so this weeks top ten was an easy one.1. Eilean Donan Castle: a beautiful castle on Scotland's West coast that … Continue reading Top Ten Thursday – Movie Locations

The weeks are just flying by and it's October already - colder mornings and too much Christmas stuff in the shops. This weeks Top Ten Thursday is things to take care of before going on vacation. This challenge is hosted by Tamara over at Confessions of a part-time working mom so hop on over if you're interested … Continue reading Top Ten Thursdays – Be prepared!

This post is about one of our proper days of fun where we just went where the spirit took us. We had to go into Inverness in the morning so we took the opportunity to go to Leakey's Bookshop which is in Church Street and is the largest second hand bookshop in Scotland, with over … Continue reading Benedictine Monks, Icecream, and Art in a Bus

One of the places that Ken has wanted to visit for many years is the Jim Clark Room, which is a museum to this racing drivers life and is based in Duns, in Scotland. Jim Clark was Formula One world champion twice, in 1963 and 1965, and was killed in a crash at Hockenheim in … Continue reading Formula One and defective oysters