Applecross
A few words and pictures from a spectacular day trip to Applecross – surely one of the best places on the west coast of the Highlands.
Torridon and Applecross
This past weekend, we hit the west coast with a group of friends to go hillwalking. We climbed a mountain at Torridon on Saturday (Mullach an Rathain, for those are interested). It would have been two peaks but the weather was against us. Then on Sunday Nicole and I drove around the spectacular Applecross peninsula…
A year in writing
A wee summary of the year on the travel writing front. I’ve actually done a surprising amount, given everything else that’s been going on.
A weekend up west
Nicole and I celebrated our second wedding anniversary this past weekend (it’s a great fortitude that our anniversaries are on the same day, really). We’ve set a pattern of taking it in turns to organise a surprise for each other, and last year I took us to Austria. This year was Nicole’s turn and she…
Home and away
Over a week with no blog entry. My reassurances to those already engaging in wailing, gnashing of teeth, and ripping of sackcloth: fear not, I have returned. My absence has been partly down to very little to report and partly down to being busy at work. This weekend was a fun exception though. I had…