Saturday 16 April We packed up the Gherkin (Vectra) and left Edinburgh at 10am, heading down to the Lakes enjoying a mixture of sun and snow on the way! After stopping off at the Gretna Outlet Centre we then made…
Falkirk Wheel – Sunday 10 April
This afternoon we headed westwards to Falkirk to check out the wheel as it was something we hadn’t seen since living up here in Scotland. It’s a pretty impressive piece of engineering that opened up in 2002 and lifts boats…
Day trip to Anstruther & St Andrews – 21 Feb
Lucky for us the couple of days I’d booked off work coincided with a spell of nice weather, so on Monday morning Glenn and I packed up the campervan and headed off over the Forth Road Bridge to Fife. We…
Pancake Day!
Feeling full now having enjoyed our sweet and savoury pancakes…I know they don’t look that exciting from the pics but they were delicious!! 🙂
Peebles walk 23 Jan 2016
Having not had the camper out since before Christmas, we decided to head down to Peebles and do a nice 7.5mile walk we’ve first done last summer. Before heading up into the hills we went to a lovely little deli/restaurant…
Pentlands walk – 17 Jan 2016
Our first walk in the Pentlands on 2016…and in the snow! We weren’t the only ones making the most of the weather – there were lots of hikers and even more parents and families armed with sledges and even snowboards…
Christmas 2015
This year we enjoyed a lovely long 2 week break back on the IOM for Christmas and New Year. It was a nice chance to eat, drink, catch up with the family and enjoy the great outdoors! We flew back…
York Christmas Trip 7-10 Dec 2015
To celebrate me finishing for the Christmas hols and get us in the festive spirit we booked a short trip down to York – we drove down on 7th (200 miles) and booked into the Holmlea Guest House which was…
Feeling Christmassy in Edinburgh – December 2015
Just thought I’d upload a few snaps of us enjoying Edinburgh at Christmas time 🙂
A taste of autumn in the Lake District – 27 Sept 2015
Using up the last of my holidays and taking advantage of a lovely spell of weather, Glenn and I headed down to the Lakes for a 3 night trip in the van. We stayed in the Hawkshead Hall campsite -…