Blair Castle (21 May 2025)
Scotland has many, many castles to visit and Blair Castle, near Blair Atholl, is one of the grandest ones. We took the self-guided tour and ended up quite dazzled by all the rooms, furniture, history,…
Doune Castle & Argaty Red Kites (20 May 2025)
Our tourist days continued with more wonderful weather. Doune Castle is fabulous, and the talking guide is humorously narrated by Terry Jones, of Monty Python fame. It’s also been used in the filming of Monty…
Falls of Clyde (19 May 2025)
A trip to the west took us to the Falls of Clyde, which were looking gorgeous with the spring leaves and flowers. We walked all the way up to Bonnington Linn, across the weir just…
Anstruther to Crail (18 May 2025)
We drove to Anstruther early, and then walked along the Fife Coastal Path to Crail. Our timing was fantastic – we got to the stop for the bus back just before it arrived! Shutter speed: 1/2000s…
Branklyn Garden (17 May 2025)
After a lot of driving on the 16th, we visited Branklyn Garden on the 17th, which are not much over 30 minutes driving from home. There was no need to get up early, and the…
Cairngorm Reindeer Herd (16 May 2025)
I had booked a visit to the Cairngorm Reindeer Herd, and we left home very early to avoid traffic problems around Perth and on the A9. The journey went swimmingly, and we arrived at their…
Kinclaven Bluebell Wood (15 May 2025)
I find these woods irresistible when the bluebells are out. The sight and smell of them is wonderful, and my photos never do them justice. I took Terri this year, as a nice gentle day…
Mount Keen M234 (05 May 2025)
The dry weather continued and I decided to do Mount Keen, the most easterly Munro. Another early start was needed as it’s a long and tedious drive up Glen Mark to the car park, and…
Meall nan Tarmachan M90 (30 Apr 2025)
It was a hot day. thankfully I could park the car at 450m / 1480′ which greatly reduces the effort needed! As always, I started good and early to enjoy cooler conditions, to ease the…
A’ Mharconaich M183 (23 Apr 2025)
This is normally climbed with Geal Chàrn, to it’s north, but when I climbed that the weather was deteriorating so I cut my walk short. I went back this year to complete it. The weather…