15th June 2017 Hi, The family gathered together from Scotland, England, Japan and New Zealand with the main intention of celebrating Donald's sixtieth birthday in Venice. Before getting to the city of Venice itself we journeyed a couple of hours further north. Dolomites? Cor...

Hi, Had a fabulous day at Norman and Naomi's wedding yesterday. Travelled from Gatwick on public transport in full highland regalia getting photographed with Danish families and receiving filming requests (with dialogue) from French students en route. Even managed to meet Mr Edward Ross, Lochcarron enroute, who was not even going to the wedding. Special mention of the Steyning Tea Rooms, where met the Hicklins for a pre service rhubarb scone. Stunning! https...

25th March 2017 Hi, Spring arrived today. Unbroken sunshine. This blog is just a brief note to accompany the photos taken on my visit with Amanda to Kinneil House. This is the 16th century home of the Hamilton family and it was their principal home at that time. The house is not usually open to the public so thanks to Amanda for tipping me off. If you can get into the house it i...

Hi, Sometimes you don't need to travel very far to see something unusual or spectacular. I think this applies to my wee jaunt into the town centre of Glasgow with Amanda this afternoon on a bright but very cold day. Public street art has become a particular feature of the Glasgow scene since about 2008. Tired old buildings, gable ends and aspects of vacent sites have been rejuvenated by some striking and imaginative images. Most of the murals are grouped withi...

22nd September 2016 Hi, This was my first visit to the Canaries, primarily for the scuba diving. The Red Sea is off limits just now and I had already visited that region five times. Regaldive have Lanzarote down as a new location so I decided to check that out. I was told that the island itself was worth seeing as well as exploring under the water, so booked a ten night stay. The resort I was based in was Puerto Del Carmen, staying at the Costa Volcan Apart...