I love camping. I particularly loved our first experience of wild camping last summer beside the sea. But I also love glamping – all the joys of camping life but with a real bed! We first went glamping when my daughter was two months old (at Big Sands in Gairloch) and over the years we’ve […]
self-catering holidays
Eagle Brae
I recently saw a Facebook post that said, “My brain has too many tabs open”. That was exactly how I felt when we set off for our short break in the Highlands recently: I had just been told that we had 4 weeks to find a new home, pack and move; our own tenants were about […]
Our First Family Holiday: Self-Catering in Southern Scotland
One of the occupational hazards of writing about Scotland is incredibly itchy feet. I am forever mentally planning trips and short breaks; dreaming of Scottish beaches and lochs and empty winding roads. The balancing act of work and motherhood (plus my husband’s new 4 day on, 4 day off rotation) doesn’t make it easy to […]