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…
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Travel 2024 – North Coast 500 – Day 8 (Around Thurso)
Saturday 5th October, 2024 – Thurso, Ulbster, Lybster, Wick, Duncansby Head, Dunnet Head Distance driven: 68.0 milesTime at the wheel: 1 hour 36 minutesHeiland coos spotted: 0 (Seriously? Are they hiding from us?) Saturday morning saw a latish start, partly down to my insistence on completing Thurso parkrun while I had the opportunity, what with…
Travel 2024 – North Coast 500 – Day 7 (Dornoch to Thurso)
Friday 4th October, 2024 – Dornoch, Golspie, Helmsdale, Thurso Distance driven: 64.0 milesTime at the wheel: 1 hour 19 minutesHeiland coos spotted: Still defiantly 0 We were on the move again so said goodbye to Strathview Lodge, though not before sampling their full Scottish breakfast. I would certainly recommend them as a place to stay…
Travel 2024 – North Coast 500 – Day 6 (Around Dornoch)
Thursday 3rd October, 2024 – Inverness, Cromarty, Udale Bay, Portmahomack Distance driven: 126.0 milesTime at the wheel: 2 hours 53 minutesHeiland coos spotted: 0 (I hope they’re not turning into the equivalent of the moose on our Finland trip in 2016) We made an early start because we needed to be in Cromarty by 9:45…
Travel 2024 – North Coast 500 – Day 5 (Inverness to Dornoch)Â
Wednesday 2nd October, 2024 – Inverness, Fortrose, Chanonry Point, Rosemarkie, Cromarty, Dornoch Distance driven: 78.0 milesTime at the wheel: 1 hour 50 minutesHeiland coos spotted: 0 We were back on a highish mileage day, made more so because the Cromarty-Nigg ferry does not run after September 30th so we’d missed it by a day, a…
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…
Travel 2023 – Copenhagen, Day 2
Saturday 24th June, 2023 – Copenhagen, Denmark After a good night’s sleep, I was all set to go and parkrun somewhere in Copenhagen, preferably at Amager strandpark. I sorted my kit out and looked up the route I’d use to get there (about half a dozen stops on the metro), downloaded the DOT app to…
Staycation 2021 – Day 8 (Waddesdon Manor)
Thursday, 24th September 2021 – Waddesdon Manor On the Thursday of our staycation, after a scheduled session with my physiotherapist to sort out a neck/shoulder issue, we headed off into Buckinghamshire, via a series of delays caused by the hideous works for HS2, to spend the day at Waddesdon Manor. Now, Wikipedia says that Waddesdon…
Staycation 2021 – Day 7 (Stanwick Lakes, Deene Park)
Wednesday, 23rd September 2021 – Stanwick Lakes, Deene Park Wednesday we were in pretty much the same territory as on Tuesday. There are a number of castles, stately homes and such over towards Corby, along the Nene Valley. We were planning on visiting another one we’d never been to (and in fact until I started…
Staycation 2021 – Day 6 (Rockingham Castle)
Tuesday, 22nd September 2021 – Rockingham Castle Tuesday morning we made a late, slowish start (A had stayed overnight so we had breakfast together before heading off in our respective directions, she to visit a friend further north, us eastward towards Corby). Today’s destination was Rockingham Castle, another on the “we really should go there…
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