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The Kingdom of Fife, filled with flavours and history

The Kingdom of Fife, filled with flavours and history ‘Most people would associate the Kingdom of Fife with the home of golf, which is indeed the case, but look closer and you will find a lot more than just that’ I was invited along with the other Scotlanders to spend the weekend in the Kingdom…

August 25, 2015 in History, Photography, Scotland, Travel Blogging.

The Story of a Battle and of Sir William Wallace

A few weekends ago we had a free afternoon and utilised this to visit the National Wallace Monument in Stirling http://www.nationalwallacemonument.com This year is a special one for the site, as it’s now 20 years since the showing of the famous Hollywood Blockbuster ‘Braveheart’. They are therefore hosting an array of special event and activities.…

August 2, 2015 in History, Photography, Scotland.

My Scottish Borders visit

Together with the rest of the Scotlanders and partners, we were visiting the Scottish Borders as part of a bigger Visit Scotland campaign, to further promote and create awareness of this somewhat unexplored part of Scotland with the new Borders Railway opening up in September of 2015. We are aware that the majority of visitors…

June 22, 2015 in History, Outdoor Activities, Photography, Travel Blogging.

Scottish Borders – Abbotsford House, home of Sir Walter Scott

Abbotsford House, the home of Sir Walter of Scott Sir Walter Scott is known as the most famous Scottish poet and historical novelist. Some of his famous works included Waverly, Rob Roy and The Heart of Midlothian. As part of our Scottish Borders campaign in partnership with Visit Scotland which was to create awareness of…

June 18, 2015 in History, Outdoor Activities, Photography, Scotland, Travel.
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Scottish West Coast holiday – Portavadie Marina and Isle of Bute

After we departed the Isle of Arran, we made a quick stop over at Tarbert for lunch, while waiting for the connecting ferry to Portavadie Marina. I guess I still have the kid in me and every time we go aboard a ferry it’s an exciting ‘holiday’ feeling, so having two trips in a day…

April 11, 2015 in Hiking, History, Outdoor Activities, Photography, Scotland, Scottish Islands, Travel.

West Coast of Scotland holiday, Isle of Arran

I was really excited about our recent holiday which was back on the West Coast of Scotland. We had taken a week’s holiday, in fact a total of 9 days of exploring and road trips around the west coast. Our first part of the holiday was going through from Edinburgh across to Ardrossan to catch…

April 5, 2015 in Family Travel, Hiking, History, Outdoor Activities, Photography, Scottish Islands, Travel.

Dundee, exploring the Design and Culture around the City

I am liking the new strapline for Dundee ‘One City, Many Discoveries’ Which is indeed the case. Myself and the Scotlanders group had been invited to visit Dundee by Jennie (Patter PR) and Tara (V&A Dundee) Gaynor (Dundee Waterfront Tourism). We started our morning with breakfast (I love any foods served with Black pudding) in…

April 3, 2015 in City Break, History, Photography, Scotland, Travel.

Isle of Arran, it’s a must when visiting Scotland

‘Scotland in miniature’ A couple of years ago we were fortunate enough to visit the Isle of Arran on a number of occasions and we look forward to returning in 2015. You can arrive by ferry from Ardrossan to Brodick or Tarbert to Lochranza with CalMac http://www.calmac.co.uk/. When sailing from Ardrossan you will see this…

January 8, 2015 in Hiking, History, Outdoor Activities, Photography, Scotland, Scottish Islands, Travel.

Isle of Mull and Isle of Iona Walking Weekend

Visit Mull After a long overnight drive I arrived in Oban, had 3 hours sleep, before catching the ferry to Isle of Mull. A fantastic weekend ahead with spectaular scenery and an amazing climb up Ben More. Our Walking Group from Portobello, Edinburgh A view that was worth the climb up Ben More, Mull’s only…

October 5, 2014 in Family Travel, Hiking, History, Outdoor Activities, Photography, Scottish Islands, Travel.

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