Hi, Paid my first visit to the Island of Tiree for the 10k race. Stopped at Oban on the Friday night and caught the 0700 ferry which stops at Coll briefly en route. The weather was good for the first part of the day so got a great shot of the Clan MacLean pile of Duart Castle on the way past. Had to get sorted for the race on arrival and being on my own means I have no photos of the race. Possibly I will be able to scalp some off the net in due course. Friendly...

Hi, Those of you following my blogs will remember that I visited some World War Two sites last year and that the plan was to visit some Great War sites this year. History was my favourite subject at school and we covered a lot of WW1 material, but the desire to visit was also connected to our family. I have no memory of my maternal grandfather John MacQueen, who died when I was less than two years old. His wife Helen Campbell had died in the 50s before I was ...

Hi, On 27th August I flew from Glasgow to Calgary on a work related trip. On this journey Graham and I accompanied Charlie on his dream venture, which was a train journey through the Rockies from Banff to Vancouver on the famous Rocky Mountaineer train. The photos were taken by myself as a narrative of the adventure and are reproduced here with Charlie's kind permission. As usual I am not really writing a full travel blog but rather using this script as a guid...

Hi, On May 28th Amanda and I flew from Edinburgh to Beziers to spend a week with my old pal Duncan who is living in Arles sur Tech in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France quite near to the Spanish border. The area is within France but borders on Catalonia so the Catalan influence is reflected in the language and cuisine of the region. Duncan picked us up at the airport after the two hours ten minute flight and the drive to Arles sur Tech took just over t...

Hi, This is just a quick note to accompany the photos taken at the recent reunion of the Israel tour party on November 12th at the Beaufort Hotel in Inverness. Twenty nine of the original party of thirty eight were present on the night and hopefully these photos will compensate those who were not able to make the trip and take part in what was a very enjoyable experience. Thanks are due to those who submitted videos and slides for us to watch and brought along...