Before coming to Belfast I knew that I wanted to learn some more about the “Troubles”, that incredibly turbulent time in Northern Ireland history that had been such common news on the news broadcasts when I was a teenager. So I booked us on a tour this morning, Paddy Campbell’s…
Kippers! After two weeks of “Full Scottish” and “Full Irish” breakfast I was excited to see Kippers on the menu this morning.I haven’t eaten them for years, and very nice they were too. It ws drizzly again in the morning but as we approached the border with Northern Ireland the…
We woke to a greyer day today and a long drive ahead so there was no relaxing lie in ( although, who am I kidding, we almost NEVER have a relaxing lie on on our holidays!) . We drove back through the town of Thurso but this time headed off…
Another of our earlier starts this morning. We’d selected the 7 am breakfast sitting as we needed to checkin for the Orkney Islands ferry by 7.45 am. Back to the full Scottish for me this morning but I opted for a potato scone instead of toast. The Scottish potato scone…
We went down to breakfast promptly at 8 am which was when they said the opened, as we had along days drive ahead, and nabbed a table by the window. I could easily get used to breakfast with a loch view my Eggs Benedict was delicious! We were on the…
One of the big inspiration for the Scotland part of our holiday this year was ehn Neil had come across some information about the North Coast 500 driving route.It’s is a 516-mile (830 km) scenic route around the north coast of Scotland, starting and ending at Inverness Castle. The route…
We had opted for the 8.30 sitting at breakfast this morning so we could get an early start on our drive around Skye. We were also keen to try to get a little ahead of the weather which started out grey but was reported to get gradually worse all day.…
We woke to a brighter day this morning and a wonderful full Scottish breakfast which included an excellent Black Pudding, you know you’re in Scotland when there’s black pudding on the menu…now I only need haggis and I’ll be happy 🙂 We didnt hang around though as we were…
We had to get up at, as Simon calls it, stupid-oclock to get to the airport in time to catch out flights from Keflavik airport. It was sad to say goodbye to Simon and Jatta but at least we know we will see them again in a couple of weeks…
2010 had been a non-event year for us, travel-wise, but in April 2011 we executed a plan that had been worked on for months…a plan that would see us conquer new countries! Spinnaker Tower – Portsmouth Neil has always had a strong interest in military history, particularly WWII history, and…
“Oh to be in England, now that April’s there..” After our first big trip to the USA we started to cast our travelling eyes further afield and, for us, there was really only one choice. Like Robert Browning, the thought of visiting England ( and Scotland) in April was just…
Our first amazing trip to the USA infected us with the travel bug. We’d had a taste of the world beyond our shores and we were keen for more. However, it was to be nearly 2 years before we could travel again and this time we were headed for a…
