An Aberdeenside Excursion

With any week in Scotland, it’s almost a given that at least one day will be a total write off due to rain. On our most recent trip to the Cairngorms, the Monday was forecast…

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Back to the Cairngorms (Again)

Didn’t September roll around quickly this year? A beautiful summer made the time fly by, and before we knew it we were setting off on our now annual pilgrimage to the Cairngorms. Britain’s biggest national…

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Ness Glen and Loch Doon

During our stay in Galloway, we took advantage of the area’s border with Ayrshire to ‘sample’ a flavour of the outdoors in a part of Scotland totally new to us. Ayrshire is somewhere we’ve never…

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A Week in Galloway, Part Two

The second half of our week in Galloway was slightly more sedate than the first half, spent dodging showers and trying to keep cool in some pretty humid weather (although thankfully nowhere near the temperatures…

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A Week in Galloway, Part One

Ever since our trip to Summerhill Farm back in January, I’ve been desperately looking forward to our return to Dumfries and Galloway in mid-July. Just two nights in Galloway was enough to convince me that…

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