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Pentlands Walk (Turnhouse and Carnethy Hills) 4 August

Pentlands Walk (Turnhouse and Carnethy Hills) 4 August

For a refreshing start to the week we headed out into the Pentlands for a walk, starting at Flotterstone and tackling a few hills we hadn’t yet walked. It was a lovely, invigorating walk that took us up and along…

KQAugust 5, 2014August 8, 2014 Edinburgh No Comments
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Hoey & Polly’s Italy Wedding!

Hoey & Polly’s Italy Wedding!

We had a great time away with Glenn’s family celebrating Hoey’s wedding to Polly. We were based in the town of Stresa which is situated on the south-west coast of Lake Maggiore in north Italy. We were pretty chilled for…

KQJuly 30, 2014August 10, 2014 Travel No Comments
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Peebles Walk – 10 July 2014

Peebles Walk – 10 July 2014

Taking advantage of a nice warm day we got our shorts on and headed to the town of Peebles for a lovely walk. We parked in the town and walked up out of the town and on to the Cademuir…

KQJuly 29, 2014 Edinburgh No Comments
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Baking, Cooking and Eating!

Baking, Cooking and Eating!

The last couple of weeks have mainly been taken up with visiting local farm shops, baking and cooking new recipes and eating! It’s been fun…so I thought I’d upload a few photos of our concoctions to remind us in case…

KQJuly 7, 2014August 8, 2014 Edinburgh No Comments
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UK mini-break 14-22 June

UK mini-break 14-22 June

We’re just back from a week long mini tour of the UK….last Saturday we headed south with Glenn dropping me off in Carlisle while he carried on to Manchester for his brother’s stag do. I made my way to Hexham…

KQJune 23, 2014August 8, 2014 Travel No Comments
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Croatia 27 May – 7 June

Croatia 27 May – 7 June

After a LOT of deliberation, we changed our summer holiday plans from heading up the West coast of Scotland in a car and tent to a sunny sightseeing trip to Croatia. Mainly this was due to the weather not looking…

KQJune 23, 2014August 8, 2014 Travel No Comments
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Pentlands Walk (West Kip, East Kip & Scald Law) – May 21

Pentlands Walk (West Kip, East Kip & Scald Law) – May 21

We took advantage of the sun being out today and headed into the Pentlands for a 7.25 mile walk up the hills. Starting from Threipmuir we walked up over West Kip, East Kip and then over Scald Law which is…

KQMay 21, 2014August 8, 2014 Edinburgh No Comments
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New Lanark walk – May 4th 2014

New Lanark walk – May 4th 2014

Just getting round to putting up a few photos of a walk we did earlier this month at New Lanark World Heritage Site. The area is sat on the River Clyde and used to be cotton mills and housing for…

KQMay 20, 2014August 8, 2014 Edinburgh No Comments
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Easter Weekend – The Lakes!!

Easter Weekend – The Lakes!!

Keeping up our family tradition of heading to the Lake District in Easter, this year we stayed in a great self-catering property on the Rowley Estate just inbetween the small villages of Greystoke and Blencow, based in the north of…

KQApril 22, 2014August 10, 2014 Travel No Comments
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March 2014

March 2014

Just added a few photos from March including a trip home to see friends and family for my birthday, walking in the Pentlands and visiting The Royal Observatory Visitor Centre. We rounded the month off by visiting the Anatomical Museum…

KQMarch 29, 2014August 8, 2014 Edinburgh, Travel No Comments
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