Heading Back South to Aberdeen

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…

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Back to the Neolithic in Orkney

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…

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The Far North of Scotland

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…

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Off on the North Coast 500

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…

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A Dreich Day with a Bonnie Finish

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.…

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Over the Sea to Skye

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…

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Scotland the Brave

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…

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