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Pier Cottage, Kingairloch Estate, Scotland – 2nd visit

I almost wasn’t going to do a post about our second stay at Pier Cottage on the Kingairloch Estate, but after speaking to my husband about the new things we saw and the different time of year, I decided I would. Our previous stay was December 2022, this time was March 2024. Brief Info/Re-cap Kingairloch… Continue reading Pier Cottage, Kingairloch Estate, Scotland – 2nd visit

Pier Cottage, Kingairloch Estate, Scotland

Well I am hopeless! I thought I’d written a blog post about this trip we did in December 2022, but nope, I was mistaken. So I shall make up for that now and tell you about the area, the cottage and what we saw. Kingairloch is a coastal Highland Estate in Scotland. They have the… Continue reading Pier Cottage, Kingairloch Estate, Scotland

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

North West of Scotland – Polin Croft

We spent a week in a small cottage called Polin Croft, in a small hamlet called Polin. If you click the link you can see photos of its location on a map and photo. There were just a few houses around us and crofting land with some sheep and we saw some wild deer too.… Continue reading North West of Scotland – Polin Croft

Loch Sunart Holiday

We booked a week in a holiday cottage on the south shore of Loch Sunart. This is an area of the west coast of Scotland we haven’t really explored before. Years ago we drove through part of this area to catch the ferry to the Isle of Mull, but it warranted a longer stay, especially… Continue reading Loch Sunart Holiday

How craft making and Scotland rescued me

Life before… My life was consumed with working hard and long hours to earn money for a few weeks a year of international travel. We went to many fabulous and breathtaking places around the world including Hawaii, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Costa Rica, Australia, various US states and parts of Italy. I also travelled to… Continue reading How craft making and Scotland rescued me

A perfect day on the Isle of Skye

We headed to Skye for a week to celebrate our 10th Wedding Anniversary. I first came to Skye on our 1st Anniversary and we have been many times since, but usually just for 1 night and so we wanted to stay longer to explore areas we haven’t seen yet. On our first full day we… Continue reading A perfect day on the Isle of Skye