This place really ticks all the boxes for a relaxing but activity packed holiday in the heart of the Highlands. Somewhere which manages to cater…
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Crinan Classic Boat Festival
Void of any sailing experience bar a half-hearted couple of weeks’ attendance at a University sailing club, the requirement, last minute, for me to step…
Loch Ness Highland Lodges
A surprisingly good forecast for mid-autumn in Scotland, coupled with the need to escape for the weekend; no hassle, minimum people, fabulous views, loch side…
Mansion House Hotel
Part business but mostly recreation, a recent essential trip to the North-East of Scotland, found us staying in the Mansion House Hotel on the banks…
Smokehouse Gallery
An unassuming backstreet location, certainly gives nothing away of this hidden gem and relatively unknown little gallery, filled to the rafters with unique pieces of…
Le Boat
You could be mistaken for thinking you are in the wrong country for this particular blog, but such was the name of the company who…
Haldanes Restaurant, Edinburgh
Haldanes Restaurant, located in a basement of Edinburgh’s Georgian New Town, is probably not somewhere you would accidentally stumble upon; so, from recommendation, a special…
The Square
There is no reason why lunch, although usually less time-abundant and void of the kind of ambience only a neatly presented dinner table and a…
St. Abbs Head Nature Reserve
A picture of dramatic coastline scenery is exactly what you enter, when visiting St. Abbs Head. The craggy, sheer cliffs rise from the North Sea…
Ardifuir
A breakdown on the M8, a contretemps with a wayward sheep, all the while suffering from the excesses of the previous evening’s reconaissance, were not…
Oblo Bar & Bistro
Upon entering Oblo, you could be mistaken for thinking you are in an upmarket trendy city eatery, or even, from the outside, on a particularly…