Old Buildings
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Castle Law Hill Fort
The doors are closed and locked on adventures far from home once more as coronavirus takes hold again. So close to home is the default option when scouring maps for places to explore. I’d seen the Castle Law hill fort from afar loads of times, often from the Dunning to Bridge of Earn road in…
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Grid Square Journeys no. 3 – NN 7941 (Meall a’ Choire Chreagaich and a Swim!)
For the third of my Grid Square Journeys, I needed to do some tweaking. I’ve used the same number of steps since I was first taught to navigate properly by Rich. But either old age or maybe too many injuries has meant my stride has started to change. The last two squares has seen me…
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Grid Square Journeys no. 1 – NO 1114 (West Dron Hill and Pitkeathly Loch)
The coronavirus lockdown of the last 10 weeks has finally started to ease a little. On Thursday, 67 long days after it started, Nicola Sturgeon signalled the start of phase one of the lockdown relaxation. I can go to a garden centre (not unheard of, they usually do awesome cakes), play croquet (unlikely but if…
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Sandwood Bay (Strathchailleach and Strathan Bothies)
Always been one of my bucket list trips, I finally made it to Sandwood Bay. I spent a very chilled couple of days exploring the beach, the bay, Am Buachaille and the surrounding moors. Spent the night at Strathchailleach bothy and also stopped in at Strathan bothy on the way home. No rain, but I…
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Berwickshire Coastal Path: Berwick to Eyemouth
A few pictures from a recent walking trip with our new van. Sunday morning rear view at St Abb’s harbour. Berwick Coast Watch building. A sea cave near Berwick. Needles Eye formation. Old Smugglers cottage at Lamberton Skerrs. Partanhall at Burnmouth. Bernie getting tucked in by the sea on Saturday night. And the Sunday morning…
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Carron Bothy
Last weekend, Neil, Gordon, James and I were supposed to be heading to Sandwood Bay. But the weeks worth of torrential rain had put that plan on (pretty wet) ice. We scoured the weather forecast for even a glimpse of sun, anywhere that the chance of rain was low-ish. We settled for a trip to…
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Going to the Pictures
Never noticed this before. I know there used to be a lot of cinemas/picture houses around Edinburgh, but this was the New Palace Cinema on the High Street. Now a Scottish tat shop. I really like the simple stonework sign.
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History v Progress?
I love a bridge. And this walk was full of bridges, large and small. Some of historical note (as in you can find info on the internet), others not…… Starting with this beauty. My wander started in Tomatin, just under the Findhorn Viaduct. And I was aiming for Boat of Garten, following one of General…
