We travelled up north as part of Nicole's graduation weekend. After several years of hard work, she is now a fully qualified counsellor....

It had been a good few years since we ventured out to Germany during the October school holidays. It would also be my first visit to my...

Our main trip for the summer of 2024 was a week's exploration of Anglesey - a Welsh island county in the far northwest of the nation....

The summer walking trip to London is now an annual pilgrimage for me. This year I booked four nights at the Walrus Hostel in Waterloo,...

I always have a free Thursday and Friday in the middle of February and this year we booked a hotel in Dundee for a couple of nights....

Northumberland has been a regular destination for Nicole and I over the past few years. England's northernmost county can be reached in a...

Our friend Caroline recently moved to the village of Blackburn, a few miles beyond the Aberdeen urban area. We were invited up for a...

Our final road trip of my summer break was a jaunt up to the fringes of the Cairngorms National Park. The Angus Glens lie to the north of...

The Moray Firth cuts a large wedge into northeast Scotland. It's southern flank is a coastline we haven't explored to any great extent...

Last summer I had an excellent time in London, combining two of my favourite activities - walking and museum visits. I covered around 17...

I always have the first Monday in June off work and we decided to book a long weekend up in the Highlands. After searching Air B&B, we...

The Outer Herbrides form an archipelago off the west coast of Scotland and Barra sits almost at the bottom of the chain. An 85-mile ferry...

An Irish Sea inlet known as the Solway firth cuts a wedge between southwest Scotland and the northern English region of Cumbria. We had...

For Christmas 2021, my sister Linda gifted us a night's stay at Silverburn Campsite on the edge of Leven. The beach is just a short...

Following my successful five days in London, following the Thames Path through the city, I flew from Stanstead to Berlin to join Nicole...

Back in early 2020 we had flights booked to Berlin for Easter. Then a little bug named Corona poked its antennae above the horizon and...