My friend Helen and I were looking for a European city break to celebrate our 50th birthdays this year. We looked at Florence, but it isn’t the easiest to travel to, from our home locations, so Copenhagen, Denmark was chosen. When we booked the flights’ times were great, we’d meet at Amsterdam airport and be… Continue reading Copenhagen, Denmark – Part 1
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50th Birthday Trip part 4 – Loch Lomond
Part 1 link, Part 2 link and Part 3 link Sunday 5th June – We travelled across from Gleneagles to Drymen, near Loch Lomond. My husband had booked us into a fabulous Glamping Cabin, called Elysium, which was amazing. It had an outside seating area, outside woodburning stove and even an outside bathtub! Inside the… Continue reading 50th Birthday Trip part 4 – Loch Lomond
50th Birthday Trip part 3 – Glasgow and Gleneagles
Part 1 link and Part 2 link Friday 3rd June – I was an hour late leaving Susan’s to head to Glasgow, but the traffic wasn’t too bad so my husband, who had caught the train down to meet me, didn’t have to wait too long. He went to the pub so it wasn’t a… Continue reading 50th Birthday Trip part 3 – Glasgow and Gleneagles
50th Birthday Trip part 2 – Cheshire
Part 1 link Tuesday 31st May – After meeting my parent’s for lunch I drove to near Northwich, Cheshire, where my friend Susan lives. I met Susan when I was in my early 20s. A guy that I fancied introduced us, I remember he said “I think you’ll really like Susan”. He was right, I… Continue reading 50th Birthday Trip part 2 – Cheshire
50th Birthday Trip part 1 – Wirral and North Wales
The good thing about having a blog, or blogs in my case, is that they are a great way to record something that you may want to look back on in future years. Ahead of my 50th birthday I wanted to visit some friends ‘back home’ and see my parents. I already had some plans… Continue reading 50th Birthday Trip part 1 – Wirral and North Wales
Western Isles Holiday – Isle of Lewis – part 3 inc a return to the Isle of Harris and visit to Great Bernera
If you missed part 1 or part 2 you may want to check those first. On Thursday we had a more relaxed day and less driving time. I was feeling quite exhausted and my sinus issue and cough are still hanging around from when I had Covid. In our unofficial quest to tick off as… Continue reading Western Isles Holiday – Isle of Lewis – part 3 inc a return to the Isle of Harris and visit to Great Bernera
Western Isles Holiday – Isle of Lewis – part 2 incl Isle of Harris
Following on from yesterday’s part 1 post… On Tuesday we headed down to the Isle of Harris. Now it’s a little confusing because Lewis and Harris are on the same island. To me it looks like the flatter, peat bog area has been called Lewis and the mountains and miles of huge boulders has been… Continue reading Western Isles Holiday – Isle of Lewis – part 2 incl Isle of Harris
Western Isles Holiday – Isle of Lewis – part 1
Way back in April 2019 we found a holiday cottage on the Isle of Lewis that looked to be in a gorgeous location but it was fully booked for that year so we booked for March 2020. Little did we know a global pandemic would have us move the holiday so many times. Finally last… Continue reading Western Isles Holiday – Isle of Lewis – part 1
Loch Fyne Holiday
Before I get started on our holiday I wanted to talk about how Scotland is divided up into areas. The area I live in is the Highlands, but within that I also live in an area called Ross-shire and within that a town. The area we visited is called “Argyll and Bute”. Now Bute is… Continue reading Loch Fyne Holiday
Isle of Mull Holiday
We are heading north from our week on the Isle of Mull. The second largest of the Inner Hebrides islands off the west coast of Scotland. The Isle of Mull is famous for the multi coloured houses in Tobermory, white tailed eagles and golden eagles and it is a very short ferry ride across to… Continue reading Isle of Mull Holiday
The travels of HighlandHeffalump 