We spent last weekend in my favourite way – exploring new places with the littles, camera in hand. We set off in search of adventure in Angus – we live in Aberdeenshire close to the border with Angus and so we spent two days revisiting and discovering some wonderful family-friendly attractions and activities in […]
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Exploring Beauly, Glen Affric and Glen Strathfarrar
During our stay at Eagle Brae in February we spent a lot of our time cosying up in our lovely log cabin (a whole lot of hygge-ing!) and just enjoying the surroundings. But when we weren’t at the log cabin here’s what we got up to. Beauly We visited Beauly on our way to Eagle Brae, […]
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 […]
- Aberdeenshire
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St Cyrus Beach Walk in Winter
Working flexible hours is perfect for life with two little ones and it means, on beautiful days like today, when my head is pounding and I can’t bear to sit at the computer screen, I can make an impromptu visit to our nearby beach in St Cyrus National Nature Reserve to blow the cobwebs away and recharge. […]
- Moray
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What I Love about Findhorn
My New Year began in Findhorn on the Moray Coast, as many do for me (both my family and my husband’s family live here) so it seems fitting that my first blog post of 2017 is about this charming little village. I’ve written before about what Findhorn means to me but here are six things that I love […]
An Accidental Munro-Bagging
As crazy as it sounds we did indeed bag our first Munro back in September without realising until we were on our way back (I know, who does that?). At first I wondered if my husband had actually known that the hill he was coaxing me up was a Munro and just feigned ignorance, but he […]
- Perthshire
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An Autumn Break in Perthshire
As Perthshire is known as Big Tree Country you might expect that an autumn break in the area would be spent largely in its very enchanting forests. And, of course, a visit to the Enchanted Forest. You’d be right; our short stay in the Dunkeld area earlier this week involved sitting inside an ancient oak tree, gazing up […]
Cameron House Hotel and Loch Lomond Sea Planes
Back in August I was lucky enough to spend my birthday weekend stay at beautiful Cameron House Hotel on the edge of Loch Lomond. If that wasn’t enough of a treat my parents also very generously sent my sister and I on a trip with Loch Lomond Seaplanes followed by a couple of hours in the […]
A West Coast Holiday in Photos
Last year we enjoyed our summer holiday in Gairloch so much that we decided to return this year. But this time we chose to rent a holiday cottage just outside Gairloch instead of staying at the campsite. (It’s not that we didn’t love the wigwams but a house seemed a better option for this – rather chaotic […]
- Aberdeenshire
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Balmakewan
I’m all about a good cafe. Throw in the fact that I am always on the look out for nice walks and places to explore on our family days, and it is quite baffling as to how Balmakewan has stayed off my radar this past year. The family-run farm and mansion house, with its wonderful tea room, farm […]