Author Archives: Greg

We had a very easy start this morning, our ferry to Skye is now due to arrive here at midday, so there was no rush to do anything. We checked out around 10:45am and drove the 2 mins to the … Continue reading →

We started the day with a morning chat with our parents, good to know they are doing well. We took the slow road to Rodel, there were two ways to get there, the Google maps suggested way around the west … Continue reading →

We were both up a bit before 6am (Deb was awake at 4:30 am- excited, lol). We packed had breakfast and were waiting at the ferry terminal around 6:45am. Our ferry loads and unloads from the rear, the same as … Continue reading →

It’s Deb driving day. ?? On the road at 9am to explore the past, up to about 5000 years past. The Orkneys seem to be a bit like Adelaide – everything seems to be about 30 mins away (make that … Continue reading →

First thing we sorted a tour on Orkney so things worked together a bit more, then we hit the road north. We called into Dunrobin Castle for a photo and kept driving. It had been raining almost from the start … Continue reading →

We decided to have a castle free day today, so a good part of our morning was the drive up into the Scottish Highlands (see my trivia note at the very end of this blog) and visit some different old … Continue reading →

We enjoyed a sleep in this morning, both of us got about 8hrs sleep which was good. We were on the road heading northeast around 9am. It is Saturday, so the roads in St Andrews were quiet. Our day started … Continue reading →

We left our hotel and picked up our hire car, a Citroen Cactus and were on the road heading north about 9am. We drove across the Firth of Forth and after missing a turn off, got back on track and … Continue reading →

We were picked up at 9:20am and were sitting in the airport by 10:30am waiting for our 12:20pm flight.  Flight got away at 13:20, it was late getting in. The crew are Scottish and I am finding them hard to … Continue reading →

We started early today, after cleansing sulphur assisted showers, we figured we were ready for anything! Seriously, the water here at our hotel has a strong sulphur aroma to it. Something to do with the volcanic ground water here at … Continue reading →