Sunshine over the Black Isle

Thanks for a great time.

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:25:59 +0000

For family reasons we will shortly be moving away from the Black Isle. This will be my last entry on this blog. We have had a great time during our four and a bit years on the Black Isle and we would

Five Castles

Thu, 2 Oct 2008 20:21:04 +0100

For various reasons it has been a while since I last blogged. It is not because of lack of activity. Apart from everything else we have visited five castles during that time. The Castle of Mey is pict

Great Glen Way 3

Sat, 6 Sep 2008 13:24:34 +0100

I have finally completed all sections of the Great Glen Way which I started back in September 2006! Yesterday I met up with sobergirl a fellow bookcrosser from Finland and local bookcrosser swan-scot

Duff House and Huntly Castle

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:35:50 +0100

On friday we made yet further use of our Historic Scotland membership and visited Duff House (pictured above) and Huntly Castle (below). On the way we also visited Buckie and released books at Findoch

Ruthven Barracks

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:51:36 +0100

On friday we went south down the A9 to Kingussie and visited Ruthven Barracks. This is another Historic Scotland property although we did not need our membership cards as it is surprisingly free to lo