This coming week, the idleness of holiday comes to an end and reality kick-starts with a bang.

I have a very busy month ahead, and will be clocking up the rail (and occasional air) miles in my expeditions around Scotland. From what I remember, I’ll be making appearances in Orkney, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee.

But tomorrow I fly off to Shetland for a couple of nights, which as always I am really looking forward to.

It will probably be quite different from the gorgeous weather I had last time I was up, but it will still be fun to explore a little in between my work.

I’ve enjoyed the last couple of weeks of doing very little, so it may be a bit of a shock to the system getting back into the work routine…