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…
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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 2024 – North Coast 500 – Day 4 (Around Inverness)Â
Tuesday 1st October, 2024 – Inverness, Culloden Distance driven: 19.0 milesTime at the wheel: 40 minutesHeiland coos spotted: 0 After a lot of mileage the previous day it was very pleasant to start the day with a leisurely 20-minute drive to Culloden and the battlefield centre, which is run by the Scottish National Trust. As…
Travel 2024 – North Coast 500 – Day 3 (Tebay to Inverness)
Monday 30th September, 2024 – Windermere, Tebay Distance driven: 301.0 miles,Time at the wheel: 5 hours 56 minutesHeiland coos spotted: 0 And so finally to Scotland. But not before a very good breakfast at the Westmorland Hotel. We’d had a good night’s sleep and been well fed before getting on our way (after wrangling the…
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…
Travel 2019 – Hamburg, Day 5
Monday, 2nd December 2019 – Hamburg Feeling a lot better than I had on Sunday, we had breakfast (I still wasn’t risking anything more solid than yogurt, followed by scrambled eggs) and then we packed up our bags, checked out of our room, and left our luggage with the hotel while we headed off to…
Travel 2019 – Hamburg, Day 4
Sunday, 1st December 2019 – Hamburg Feeling fragile but at least vaguely human, I was back up and about on Sunday, starting with a cautious breakfast of plain yogurt with a spoonful of sugar, followed by a small portion of scrambled eggs, with a large mug of mint tea to settle it all down. Outside…
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