Bentleys rally on Traigh Mhor
The sky is not so blue today and there is a fair bit of light cloud. We decided to make …
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Another glorious day on Barra…
The sea is more unnaturally turquoise than ever where it is deep and translucent towards the edge of the beach. …
Waiting till the cows come home…
It’s rather cloudy today and there was a spatter of raindrops earlier. We’ve been rather spoilt with blue skies of …
Birds, birds and more birds…
Another warm and sunny day and an early trip to the jetty this morning brought forth a small gathering of …
Corncrakes and barbeques…
Today started slowly in terms of sunshine but it wasn’t long before both sky and sea were a startling blue. …
Down to the beach…
The morning broke with sunshine interspersed with quick showers of rain. Then, the rain went away and left a day …
Oban and the Clansman…
After our successful day with Vicki yesterday, there was just time to snatch a quick breakfast at the hotel and …
Dining on board the Royal Yacht Britannia…
Today is my birthday and time for the other cupboards to display my cards from friends and family: Driving towards …
On the road again…
Seaview has been a success in every way – lovely pitch with excellent views and that oh-so-difficult-to-find at times, an …
Back to the mainland…
The big advantage of staying in a ferry port is that it’s not as worrying. You can time your arrival …
The early bird…
Today is Peter’s birthday and what a beautiful view to wake up to on your special day. Family cards and …
An island paradise…
We left Crannich Farm this morning but not before I had taken this photo of two of the ponies. Our …
The sun is out – that’s the story in Tobermory today…
Sorry, but t’s impossible to be in Tobermory without humming the theme tune from that well-known children’s television programme. The …
Soggy, wet and fed up with the rain…
I must admit that’s how we felt too after a day and night of the heaviest of rain. This morning …
Mulling over Tobermory in the rain…
Today is as miserable as the forecast suggested. We were hoping to get the boat over to Mull before the …
Kicking up our heels…
Contrary to all expectations, the morning has dawned fairly bright and sunny. This is our last day on the Ardnamurchan …
A yacht sails by past cow(e)s…
Today’s forecast is cloud with some partial sun at 7pm – whoohoo! It comes to something when such a small …
To the lighthouse…
Today, as we feared, is grey. All that wonderful azure blue of yesterday has disappeared and we are left with… …
What a difference a day makes…
Glencoe is transformed – no longer the gloomy forbidding backdrop to ancient bloody battles -more a benign protective giant. Even …
From the Firth of Clyde to Glencoe…
We left Iris’s lovely (and extremely reasonable) campsite at Coylton by 11am – unfortunately we weren’t lucky enough to see …
