12th November 2019 Hi Nova Scotia (New Scotland) had always seemed like an interesting place to visit, especially for someone like myself who is interested in Scottish history and culture. However it also seemed like an awkward place to get to with no direct routes. A few years ago my newspaper flagged up that direct flights were starting so I put it onto my list and eventually the time came around.... My friend Graham and I share a love of history and music a...

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...