By coincidence several of the cars taking place in this event were parked at Inverewe Garden during our visit to the gardens on Wednesday 6 June. I’m sure that some car enthusiasts would have loved to see these cars at such close quarters but I’m not really into cars of any age but they were [...]

Inverewe Gardens on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands are said to be on the of the world’s greatest gardens. They are certainly in a wonderful location on the banks of Loch Ewe. The photos below are of the walled garden but there are also many woodland paths. As an added bonus there were [...]

Last week we stayed at a holiday cottage on the Leckmelm estate just outside Ullapool, in the Scottish Higlands.  One evening as I was descending the stairs in the cottage I spotted a deer grazing just outside the cottage, through the glass at the top of the front door. We saw many deer during our [...]

Durness lies on the north west coast of Scotland. My visit to Durness was pretty brief, only a few hours on a rainy evening. The beach there is really beautiful. The sand is golden with a hint of peach (I sound like an interior decorator) with many large rocks strewn around the shoreline. This area [...]

Tomorrow I’m to the Scottish Highlands for a weeks holiday. The itinerary is an early start tomorrow to avoid the delays caused by the weekend road works on the Forth Road Bridge, overnight in Inverness. On Sunday drive north from Inverness and then west along the north coast of Scotland to an overnight stop in [...]