A gorgeous day in the highlands so we went out for a drive with no fixed destination in mind apart from knowing there had to be cake. Of course we took Bramble with us - she's the latest addition to our family and as you can see she's just too cute for words. I think … Continue reading Sunshine, cake, and a graveyard

You'd think after blogging from A to Z throughout the month of April I'd be reluctant to take on another blog related challenge - well you'd think wrong. This is a monthly photo blogging challenge where a theme is given at the beginning of the month and then we interpret it how we want with … Continue reading Outside the box – a new blogging challenge

A couple of months ago I had to go to Scarborough in Yorkshire for a workshop, so we decided to make a weekend of it and visit a few places that were on our list of things to do. Scarborough is 380 miles south of us and I was very grateful that my beloved doesn't … Continue reading Scarborough Fair, Rosalyn chapel, and the Kelpies

Earlier in the year we went on a day of fun with Ken's brother David, and his sister Jean and her family - our destination was Fort George.  It was built in the 1700's after the battle of Culloden and is still in use by the British army.  It's a huge place and everything about … Continue reading The history of Fort George – a Georgian Fort in the Highlands

We always enjoy a drive to Burghead as it's a lovely little town with a nice beach and a great cafe. On this visit we went down onto the beach to check out the remains of a shipwreck that juts out of the sand. Whilst we were looking at it and taking photos we didn't … Continue reading Beaches, war defences, and a shipwreck

Some weekends the temptation is to stay in our pyjamas and snuggle up on the sofa with the brats, but then we'd never get to explore anything. It is the age old dilemma, couch day or try and be an active participant in life.Cookie trying to tempt us to stay home with her and MuffinWe … Continue reading Mosaics, Celtic crosses, and a pixie

Gordon Castle Highland Games at Fochabers - our first games for 2016 and typically it rained on us quite a bit.  Oh well, we do live in Scotland now. There's so much to enjoy at Highland Games, not least being big muscular men in kilts throwing things around - unfortunately I don't think they're true … Continue reading Embracing our Scottishness at a Highland Games

Our second morning on Orkney and we woke up to sunshine and clearing skies.  In case you haven't read our last post, we went to Orkney for a short break and the first full day there was very wild weather so we were very pleased to see the sun.The bed and breakfast we stayed at … Continue reading The war time history of Orkney

The blogging from A to Z challenge - I can't even remember how I came across it now, it's all blurred into the craziness that resulted from the month of April 2016. The concept seemed so simple, publish a post every day of April, themed on each letter of the alphabet, with Sundays off - … Continue reading The A to Z challenge – what was I thinking?!

This week my beloved took me on a short break to Orkney, which is one of the sets of islands to the north of Scotland. On our way up to Scrabster near Thurso to get the ferry we had mixed weather, mainly rain, but the occasional flash of sunshine through the clouds. Scrabster is 124 … Continue reading Discovering Neolithic Orkney