Over the sea to Skye!

When you drive towards the Kyle of Lochalsh on the NC500 from Lochcarron, you arrive at a T-junction. Left takes you back up towards Inverness to complete the NC500 loop. Right takes you to the Kyle of Lochalsh and if you so wish, over the bridge onto Skye. Dom and…

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Ardmair to Gairloch and onto Lochcarron

The wind dropped overnight and we woke to a calm sunny day…and midges. As I sat on a bench taking in the view I could feel them taking in me so I scurried back to the van. Soon we were on the road to Ullapool and what a pretty town…

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Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice!

The three things everyone mentions when you talk about Rio are Copacabana Beach, Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf Mountain. Well we’d ticked one off our list, now for the others. New Year’s Day, just like at home had been one of snoozing, lazing, recovering and eating. By the second…

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Question…

After a delayed flight, we finally flew over the snow capped Andes to Cusco the ancient capital of the Inkas at silly o’clock on 27th November. We were tired, bleary eyed and very aware that we were now at altitude. For those of you not in the know, allow me…

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An Ivory Tower with Wheels!

As well as reading, I am also a prolific writer.  Before you start looking for my name on Britain’s Most Published list I have to stop you.  Although my dream would be to have some of my picture storybooks for children published the harsh literary world has so far remained…

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