Three things you should know about me: I am a hopeless romantic; I am a bit of a history geek; I love nothing more than spending time exploring Scotland and taking photographs. So a trip on Scotland’s oldest heritage railway line in the beautiful Cairngorms National Park combined these elements perfectly. The hour and a half round […]
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St Cyrus Beach

Part of the St Cyrus National Nature Reserve, this beautiful beach is a must-visit if you’re in the area. Nestled into the coastline between Aberdeenshire and Angus, 18 miles south of Stonehaven, St Cyrus beach stretches for three miles, hugged by red sand cliffs and complete with interesting rock formations and a ruined castle. In previous visits […]
Glamping in Gairloch

With a two year old, who we had just started toilet training two days earlier, and a 9 week old baby we set off to Sands Campsite in Gairloch for our first holiday as a family of four. Before you think I’m adventurous/brave/completely mad let me assure you there was no pitching of tents involved; […]
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The sea on my doorstep

I am a beach person. I grew up on the Moray Coast, spending summers and weekends in Findhorn, and I feel the tug and pull of the sea on my heart. So it is perhaps not surprising that we have ended up on the coast, living in a small fishing village called Gourdon. The last […]
A Winter Break in Argyll

A winter break on the west coast over Christmas and New Year was just what the doctor ordered. Having spent most of October, November and December suffering struggling with sickness and tiredness (I’m nearly 6 months pregnant with my second child), I was grateful for the chance to recharge my batteries in Argyll. Being wrapped […]
The Isle of Seil Revisited

Back in spring last year I journeyed out to the Corryvreckan Whirlpool with Seafari Sea Adventures and wrote about my experience for Airdeny Chalets. It was a wonderful wildlife boat trip despite the very grey weather that clung to the afternoon. At the end of last month, we took a trip back to the Isle […]
Highlights of 2014

This time last year I was living in a cottage in the Speyside village of Dufftown, twelve months on and we are now living on the East Coast, after having had three different addresses this year (the Year of Packing and Unpacking). I haven’t been able to write this blog as much as I’d have […]
It’s been a while…

My rather neglected blog has been left to gather dust these last few months, I’m sorry to say. I last wrote in the summer in a snatched moment of quiet time before life frog-marched me into autumn. Recently I’ve found little time between working and motherhood for my own writing; my trips and journeys of the […]
Crovie

They huddle, gathered in a line, with hunched hills stooped behind. What hardy souls to have placed roots here, almost in the sea itself; a place so subject to the whim of waves, unrelenting on the days when whipped into a rage. Arm in arm this little row of houses perch on the very edge of […]
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Exploring Argyll

Last month I took a trip to the Oban area and stayed at the oh-so-lovely Airdeny Chalets in Taynuilt. I loved its location: on the edge of gorgeous Glen Lonan, under the watchful gaze of Ben Cruachan and a hop away from the shores of Loch Etive. I have written a few guest posts on some […]