Hello everyone Just a real quick message today. I made it okay to Crieff yesterday. I'm staying at a very homely B&B near the centre of the town. I went on my first walk this morning not far from Crieff-it started in a small village called Fowlers West. We walked up to some standings stones and then on to another hill where we got a really good view of the surrounding countryside-lots of heather on the hills but also nice forest. It was cloudy most of th...

The last 2 weeks have just flown by and its time to say farewell to Ed, Carina and Peter at Daisy Cottage and the village of Tarbert. I've had a wonderful time and have been able to help Ed and Carina out in the garden as the weather allowed (even they said it had been rather wet this year!). The last 3 days though made up for it with really lovely clear sunny days. Ed took me a bit further down Kintyre on Friday and we walked up to a place called Dun Sheig. Ther...

Hello everyone, A quick postcard tonight before I have dinner. I've arrived in Tarbert (a lovely little village on the edge of Loch Fyne in Argyll) and am settling in to life at Daisy Cottage. I'm staying with Ed Tyler, his wife Carina and their 5 year old son Peter. They have a section of about an acre so not really large but plenty big enough for a great vegie garden, fruit trees and greenhouse which houses some very healthy looking basil and tomato plants...

Hello everyone, Had a quiet morning this morning reading a book in the youth hostel lounge as the weather turned a bit colder and windy. I walked into town at lunchtime to catch my bus to Glasgow. The town was buzzing as it was the final of shinty between Port William and Inverary-an ancient Highland game (a bit like aerial hockey-sounds a bit dangerous to me!!) Had a good bus trip to Glasgow with good views of Loch Lomond. Got to Glasgow late this after...

Another sunny day on the West Coast of Scotland (2 in a row now!) and I think its a while since its been like this judging by comments of people in the supermarket and bookshop-NZ'ers aren't the only ones obsessed by the weather! Since it was such a nice day, after getting a few supplies from the supermarket, I walked up to McCaigs Tower which is a half built monument (a wall with lots of open arches which have spectacular views over Oban Bay towards Mull) ...