Half way through our trip and it feels like the whole journey has been building up to this moment. Today we got to see the Hogwarts Express traverse the Glenfinnan Viaduct and the kids were beyond excited. The day started early as some investigative work told us that the viaduct viewpoint gets busy. We knew the train went over at 1045, and that it would be 30min walk to the viewpoint so we got up and hit the road first thing, leaving coffee and breakfast for wh...

Another awesome day! We headed to the Nevis Range mountain experience, a MTBing Mecca of staggering proportions. It’s where the held the MTB downhill world championship and the bike routes are not for the faint hearted! I felt a bit sick just looking at some of them. Thankfully, our plans were more sedate. We headed up on the gondola to the viewing point and cafe. At the top there are two view points to choose from. We headed left first, got battered by freez...

Our journey north today past mountains, glans and lochs, was dominated by the spectacular view of the Scottish highlands… or at least it would have been had it not been for the mist and rain. What we did see of it was stunning and enough to wet our appetites to come again. We did manage to stop a couple of times to marvel at the scenery and take some pictures. Our main stop of the day was at Glencoe visitor centre where we got a bite to eat and had hoped to d...

Ever had one of those days when you’ve done so much that the morning feels like yesterday? Today was one of those days. After a lazy morning of coffee in bed (thanks Andy) and fixing E’s breaks on her bike, and armed with a smothering of Avon so Soft and an extra topping of Deet, we cycled to the local village to meet our friends Matt and Cheryl and their daughters, who happened to be in the area too. The village is two miles away down a very pleasant cycle...

We’ve made it into Scotland! Can’t believe we’ve been away for a week already. Not much to report today. We went to the supermarket and then headed north through the rain into Scotland. Stopped at the most upmarket services I’ve ever been to on the way. We had planned to stop at a nature reserve in Lockerbie but weather was too foul. Our campsite is located on the shores of the river Forth. We went for a little walk through the woods and checked out t...