photographs: people, places & things
Stonehaven & dramatic Dunnottar – Scotland’s exciting east coast Stonehaven was our destination as we crossed back over the Pentland Firth from Orkney. We had booked on the first ferry of the day (07:45) and headed east toward Aberdeenshire and Stonehaven for the final leg of our two-week Scottish road trip. You can check out […]
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Scotland trip Part 2: fascinating light on untamed Orkney Part 1 of the road trip saw us spend a really enjoyable five days in Fort William. But the main event for us was yet to come and the new experience of our trip to Orkney was in our minds. We didn’t take the most direct […]
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Happiness in the Highlands, Orkney and the east coast Scotland in October is straightforward enough. You can reasonably expect fewer tourists, shorter days, and plenty of damp weather. I suppose it’s fair to say you should almost always prepare for damp weather whatever time of year you visit Scotland. What I do get every time […]
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Raiders Road This is the fifth and final part of the blog post following our latest trip to Scotland. If you missed earlier posts you can use this link to head to Part 1 and follow from there. I’ve travelled through the Galloway Forest many times – either driving with my wife or on various […]
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Heading for the Red Deer Range We had only been in Newton Stewart a few days, but quickly settled into a pleasant morning routine. Our start to the day included coffee, breakfast, and a short walk through town, returning along the peaceful River Cree On day four after returning from our morning walk, we headed […]
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Temporary delay to updates from the Galloway trip Due to unplanned events there will be a slight delay to the 4th and 5th parts of the Galloway trip posts. Don’t forget to check back soon
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Red Kites and coastal paths a great week in Galloway: Part 3 Port Logan Fishpond In Part 2 I mentioned the decent time we had visiting Port William and St Ninians Cave. The next trip from our base in Newton Stewart was to head about 30 miles or so west to the small village of […]
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Red Kites and coastal paths a great week in Galloway: Part 2 Morning in Newton Stewart In Part 1 of this series of post I wrote about staying in Newton Stewart. The town of Newton Stewart is in the Dumfries and Galloway area. We decided we would head out for the day, do some walking […]
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Red Kites and coastal paths a great week in Galloway: Part 1 This is quite a different series of posts than the last one when my son and I travelled down to Wembley for the FA Cup Final. In fact it was just the day before the Cup Final that my wife and I got […]
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