It's goodbye to the Highlands after a refreshing and relaxing 4 days in Arisaig and, while our hiking plans might have gone slightly awry while we've been here, we've had the privilege of staying in the most beautiful house and of witnessing some spectacular sunsets as well as enjoying the most sunshine of our trip. So, overall, it balanced out well in our favour. Now we have reached the final stages of our trip with no more long stays; in fact just 3 more holid...

Still raining this morning but we knew that would be the case from the forecast, which is why we had already planned to do some indoor sightseeing today. For me the day started off traumatically as, after breakfast, I heard a cow moo-ing close by. When I looked out of the window there were a group of cows in the neighbouring field and the calves had been separated from their mothers. The distressed mothers were calling to their babies. Feeling sorry for the cows,...

Today is brought to you by the letter R and the letter B. R for the rain that has fallen non-stop overnight and B for the bruises I ended up with after falling down the stairs this morning! Fortunately I only slipped on the third step from the bottom and no lasting damage was done but I did land in an undignified heap at the bottom and have an impressive bruise on my left hip and one on my left arm where I hit the edges of the steps on my way down. This is someth...

Friday the 13th! Not an auspiscious day for travelling, and what should we see running in front of us as we departed The Jute Store? A black cat. Was this to be a sign of good luck or dire consequences for the day? The plan was to make our way at a leisurely pace to Spean Bridge with a detour to Glencoe Wood beforehand to see if we could locate Alex's Highland Titles plot which entitles her to be officially known as Laird (or Lady). The irony of this plan was t...