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A Day in the East Neuk 

Posted on August 11, 2017August 11, 2017by Emma Gibb

My husband and I try to have one child-free day together every couple of months (and are thankful to the grandparents who allow us to do this!) and our last was a day in the beautiful East Neuk of Fife. A few years ago, when I had just discovered I was pregnant with my daughter, […]

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Family Adventures in Angus

Posted on June 8, 2017June 20, 2017by Emma Gibb

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

Posted on March 11, 2017April 9, 2017by Emma Gibb

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, […]

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Eagle Brae

Posted on March 7, 2017February 25, 2018by Emma Gibb

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 […]

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St Cyrus Beach Walk in Winter

Posted on January 19, 2017January 19, 2017by Emma Gibb

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. […]

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What I Love about Findhorn

Posted on January 12, 2017January 12, 2017by Emma Gibb

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 […]

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An Accidental Munro-Bagging 

Posted on December 13, 2016December 14, 2016by Emma Gibb

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 […]

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An Autumn Break in Perthshire

Posted on October 13, 2016February 16, 2017by Emma Gibb

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 […]

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Cameron House Hotel and Loch Lomond Sea Planes

Posted on October 4, 2016June 12, 2017by Emma Gibb

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 […]

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A West Coast Holiday in Photos

Posted on August 15, 2016August 16, 2016by Emma Gibb

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 […]

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