NORTH COAST 500 DAY 3:Durness to Lochinver

Another fantastic day awaits…though really, this area is best enjoyed over several days or a whole week.We used to spend … Continue reading NORTH COAST 500 DAY 3:Durness to Lochinver

SOUTH OF FRANCE (DAY 3 – VERDON GORGE, TINY ROUGON AND FAIRYTALE ENTREVAUX)

I did feel nervous about the Route Des Cretes drive – we’d driven the main route along the gorge before … Continue reading SOUTH OF FRANCE (DAY 3 – VERDON GORGE, TINY ROUGON AND FAIRYTALE ENTREVAUX)

One of the most famous of glens, steeped in tragedy and translating as ‘The Glen of Weeping’ this is also … Continue reading THE BEST OF GLENCOE

Day 2: Port Noos and Narin A short drive from Rosbeg took me to these two little places, well known … Continue reading DONEGAL AND THE CAUSEWAY COAST (Glenveagh National Park and Carrickfinn Beach)

Day 1: Europe’s Highest Cliffs and Sheskinmore Nature Reserve I’m on a mission to explore as much of Ireland’s coast … Continue reading DONEGAL AND THE CAUSEWAY COAST (Slieve League and Rosbeg)

LOCH TORRIDON (90 mins each way) A world away from the dreary carbuncle on the landscape that is Inverness, lies … Continue reading The No 1 Best Day Drive from Inverness

North Harris, Scalpay and a hike up Harris’s highest mountain North Harris is a land of rugged mountains and at … Continue reading EXPLORING HARRIS/LEWIS (Part 2)

DAY 7: Our last day in the West of Ireland and it was time to do some justice to our … Continue reading IRELAND’S WILD ATLANTIC WAY (St Finan’s Bay and Valentia Island)

This was supposed to be our day to visit Skellig Michael but the landing trip was , as we say … Continue reading IRELAND’S WILD ATLANTIC WAY ( Dingle Peninsula)