And so to France. It all started a little before Christmas with a conversation with our friend A. Recently widowed, and keen to find her feet travelling again, she said she missed the south of France, where we had spent quite a lot of time together back when I worked for various companies in Sophia-Antipolis…
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Travel 2024 – North Coast 500 – Day 14/Day 15 (Shieldaig to Hawnby, Hawnby to Home)
Friday 11th/Saturday 12th October, 2024 – Sheildaig, Aviemore, Hawnby, Home Distance driven: 429.0 miles/177.0 milesTime at the wheel: 7 hours 38 minutes/3 hours 15 minutesHeiland coos spotted: 0 (but then we hardly expected to) And so we left Scotland and completed the leg of the NC500 to Inverness, skimming by the edge of the city….
Travel 2024 – North Coast 500 – Day 13 (Gairloch to Shieldaig)
Thursday 10th October, 2024 – Gairloch, Kinlochewe, Lochcarron, Strome Ferry, Applecross, Sheildaig Distance driven: 110.0 milesTime at the wheel: 3 hours 43 minutesHeiland coos spotted: 0 After the storms that rolled through overnight, the temperature had dropped significantly and there was snow visible on the higher ground. The weather was still wildly variable, with sudden…
Travel 2024 – North Coast 500 – Day 12 (Around Gairloch)
Wednesday 9th October, 2024 – Gairloch, Inverewe, Badachro Distance driven: 36.0 milesTime at the wheel: 1 hour 14 minutesHeiland coos spotted: 0 After the previous day, Wednesday started out looking like it would be an easy day without much in the way of driving. The initial plan was to go a few miles in one…
Travel 2024 – North Coast 500 – Day 11 (Lochinver to Gairloch)
Tuesday 8th October, 2024 – Lochinver to Gairloch Distance driven: 86.0 milesTime at the wheel: 2 hours 26 minutesHeiland coos spotted: 0 (Normal service has resumed) We’d done two nights at the Old Coach House (Cosy Highland Fireside Escape) so again it was time to move on to our next two-night stop. First, though, we…
Travel 2024 – North Coast 500 – Day 10 (Around Lochinver)
Monday 7th October, 2024 – Lochinver, Ardvreck Castle, Ullapool, Drumbeg, Clashnessie, Clachtoll, Lochinver Distance driven: 89.0 milesTime at the wheel: 2 hours 39 minutesHeiland coos spotted: 0 (Looks like we’d had our quota) After a good night’s sleep we decided to set off to explore Ullapool and possibly add another loop of spectacular driving, time…
Travel 2023 – Copenhagen, Day 8
Friday 30th June, 2023 – Copenhagen, Denmark Friday was my last day in Copenhagen. We’d planned it so that we all travelled home the day after the workshop finished so that people could stay behind and socialise on Thursday evening as opposed to the usual routine of people being distracted in the last hour or…
Travel 2023 – Copenhagen, Days 5, 6 and 7
Tuesday 27th – Thursday 29th June, 2023 – Copenhagen, Denmark Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday were mostly about the workshop, and thus about work, but we did manage to have some fun as well. I started Tuesday with a run in the neighbouring park, where I managed to get lost and ended up covering a lot…
Travel 2023 – Copenhagen, Day 4
Monday 26th June, 2023 – Copenhagen, Denmark Monday was Lynne’s last day in Copenhagen, with a mid-afternoon flight back to the UK. We had one more breakfast at the Danmark, outside in the courtyard, and then walked over to buy tickets for Tivoli for the day. We’d saved it till last partly because it, unlike…
Travel 2023 – Copenhagen, Day 3
Sunday 25th June, 2023 – Copenhagen, Denmark Sunday got off to a slowish start, probably because Saturday had been pretty full on. We decided we would go and visit Rosenborg Castle and see what else we fancied doing around the area if we had time. After another outdoor breakfast we walked from the hotel (around…
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