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  • Carcassonne Part 2 – Medieval Cité

    As I mentioned in my first post about Carcassonne, our first attempt to visit the château was stymied by industrial action, leaving Mum and I with an unplanned day of exploration of the restored medieval cité and surrounding town. It was a stunning sunny day with brilliant blue skies, and only towards the middle of…

  • Loch Linnhe Seal Cruise, Fort William

    As anyone who has read my two posts on the Nevis Range may have guessed, Fort William – and the surrounding Lochaber – is one of my favourite places in Scotland. One of my favourite features of Lochaber is the way in which the mountains and hills sweep down right to the lochs and sea,…

  • Carcassonne Part 1 – Château Comtal

    Carcassonne was the ultimate destination for the trip to France my mother and I made several years ago, during which we met in Toulouse and travelled on the train further south. I took so many pictures and was so in love with the city – both medieval and modern – that I have had to…

  • Old Burial Hill, Marblehead, MA

    I have been racking my brain for some time as to where to start with my first post about Marblehead, and finally I decided to start with one of my favourite places in town, one where I spent many hours as a child. Not, I feel I should clarify, because I was obsessed with death…

  • Couvent des Jacobins, Toulouse

    Toulouse, the fourth-largest city in France, was never somewhere I had a particular desire to visit. But, it was the perfect place for me to meet Mum on one of our more spectacular adventures, the ultimate destination of which was the medieval city of Carcassonne – another post or two soon to come. I was…

  • Glenfinnan Viaduct trail

    Whether you are a lover of Harry Potter, Jacobite history, or Scottish hills and lochs, this trail that starts off under the famous Glenfinnan viaduct and skirts the edge of the hills to come down alongside Loch Shiel is not to be missed. Even on a dreary rainy day, the stunning viaduct cutting across the…

  • Dean Village and Leith walk

    Dean Village is one of those amazing spots I have seen pictures of for years but never managed to visit as – despite it being so close – I do not spend as much time in Edinburgh as I would like. In March, though, I spent two nights there on my own and decided that…

  • Sabbaday Falls walk

    On the final day of our adventure to the White Mountains in May, we decided that the only way to continue on our way across New Hampshire was to take the (in)famous Kancamagus Highway (also known as route 112) from Conway to North Woodstock. As we had the whole day to make what was essentially…

  • Stirling Castle

    Stirling is the castle I recommend above all others if someone is in Scotland for only a short time and has limited options or time; you can reach it using only public transport from both Edinburgh and Glasgow, and even – with a bit of effort – St Andrews. It is positively steeped in history…

  • Kinnoull Hill walk

    I honestly cannot recall the first time that I noticed the tower on Kinnoull Hill, standing out quite clearly as it does on the main road from Dundee to Perth. But, I do know that I have wanted to visit it and hike up to it for at least a decade and finally, last weekend,…

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