Polmont - Edinburgh Met up with Maja, Bill and The Boys on the Anstruther coast on our drive from St Andrews to Polmont, near Edinburgh, where we were staying with Bill's mom. The mist blanketed the coastline and enhanced the grey - in - grey look, but lifted when we reached the other side of the Firth near Polmont. We were fortunate to catch the very last day of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and after working through the information on 2800 shows (incredible !) ...

Fife - St Andrews From the west of Scotland we drove across, via the ancient walled city of Stirling, with its amazing cathedral and castle high up on the hill and the Wallace Memorial Tower on an opposite hill, to our Servas hosts. They live in the converted "Old School House" in a village between Cupar and Ceres - about 20 minutes from the coast and St Andrews (the focus of Clint's golf pilgrimage). St Andrews did not disappoint - it gave us surprises around ev...

Been a while ! Too many "too"s to keep the blog up to date - too busy, too much socialising or just plain too lazy !!! Travelling is hard work ...believe me ! Helensburgh - Loch Lomond Ok - hit the jackpot again. Staying in the most amazing apartment in a renovated Coach House - just beautiful. And ...that Chianti is going down really well. Must say, we have stayed in so many different types of homes - each with their own charm - and met so many absolutely ama...

The Lakes District - Backbarrow We have arrived safely in our next accommodation - a 200 year old cottage on the banks of the River Leven at Backbarrow (2 miles from Lake Windemere). Our young hosts and their boisterous Labrador Basil welcomed us warmly. The water in the river is rather high and fast flowing due to the heavy rain that they have had over the last days. Just outside our window is an old bridge and the water cascades through it at great velocity an...

Llandudno And off we went to our next Servas host in Llandudno (pronounced Hlandidnu) - a beautiful royal Victorian beach resort town in northern Wales. We were warmly welcomed by Peter and Leslie (with their 2 welcoming and lovable dogs) in their gorgeous home and garden - and spoilt with a magnificent dinner. Peter was a sailing instructor and him and Leslie had also been sailing in Turkey earlier in the year - so there was lots to chat about - which we manag...