19th June 2024 Hi, On Monday 3rd of June I travelled from Edinburgh to Malaga to spend 6 days with former work colleagues Eddie, Jim and Keith from Safeway working days. Collectively known as 'The Gang of Four' we have kept up our connections over a thirty year period. This however was only our second trip away from Scotland. I had only passed through Malaga briefly in the past en route to a walking holiday in Andalucia so it was good to explore a new city. Ma...

21st November 2023 Hi, Saturday 30th September It was time to hit the last leg of this marvellous tour. We left A Coruna and drove to Santiago de Compostela, which took about an hour. Our Air BnB wasn't ready until 1400 so we got parked underground and started the sightseeing. After Jerusalem and Rome, Santiago was the third most important place for pilgrims in the Middle Ages. Allegedly the body of James the apostle was discovered there in 813AD and a cathed...

1st November 2023 Hi, Our trip along the coastline of northern Spain heading west continued following our weekend in Santander. Monday 25th September We left Santander with the aim of spending our next night in Ribadesalla. This was only an hour and a quarter from Santander but we managed quite a few stops in between. Santillana del Mar is a short drive out of Santander. It is known as The Town of Three Lies, since it is neither a Saint (Santo), nor flat (ll...

25th October 2023 Hi, Like most people from my part of the world, I've been to Spain many times, mainly to the southern coastline or at least in the southern parts. I first visited Minorca, then Barcelona, and had a two week walking holiday in Andalucía. There was also a family trip to the Costa Blanca. However a road trip within more rural off-beat parts of Portugal a few years back had opened our eyes to the charm of less frequented rural parts of the ...

31st May 2022 Hi, This is my first blog post retirement in September last year. As traveling restrictions have eased I thought I would test the water (literally), with a trip in which I could try and restart my scuba diving career which has been in abeyance since 2016. Having had long covid which adversely affected my lungs, the whole question of being able to dive with an aqualung in the future was in some doubt. My last diving trip had been in the Lanzarote ...