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
Tag: Scottish landscapes
Isles of Islay and Jura Holiday
Back at the end of October 2023 we spent a week on Islay (pronounced eye-lah) and did a day trip to Jura too. Islay is the southern most island in the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. Jura is its neighbour, with a very short ferry crossing. Islay is famous for its many… Continue reading Isles of Islay and Jura Holiday
Western Isles Holiday – South Uist – part 3 – Loch Eynort and a day trip to North Uist and Berneray (via Benbecula and Grimsay)
If you missed part 1 and part 2 you may want to see those first. When we were on the ferry to Barra we were chatting to a guy who recommend we visit Loch Eynort. He told us about a man who has planted a woodland and that it was a good place to spot… Continue reading Western Isles Holiday – South Uist – part 3 – Loch Eynort and a day trip to North Uist and Berneray (via Benbecula and Grimsay)
Western Isles Holiday – South Uist – part 2 – Crazy weather day and a day trip to Barra and Vatersay
Following on from yesterday’s post, I thought I’d talk about a day on South Uist where we had the craziest weather and our day trip to the Isles of Barra and Vatersay. If you missed that post you may want to read that first. On Tuesday we headed to Loch Druidibeag, South Uist. On our… Continue reading Western Isles Holiday – South Uist – part 2 – Crazy weather day and a day trip to Barra and Vatersay
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
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
The travels of HighlandHeffalump 