There’s a new and popular driving route in Scotland called the NC500, North Coast 500, which some even say is like Scotland’s Route 66. I’m not so sure on that one since we’ve driven both now, but if it works to boost tourism in the area then I guess it’s worth it! What Scotland’s north […]
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I grew up in Scotland so I know first hand what a great place it is. It’s an amazing country for many different reasons and that’s why we return year on year for a family holiday in Scotland. Read on for some great ideas of what you can do in Scotland for kids, some great Scotland […]
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Inverness is the largest town in the highlands of Scotland and as such is a great place to base yourself if you’re looking to explore this amazing area of the country. Here’s some of the best day trips from Inverness that you can take when you’re here – some are simple enough to get to, […]
I’ve written a few times about our trips to the Isle of Rum. You can find one of them here If you’ve never heard of it, it’s an island on the West coast of Scotland and you reach it by ferry from Mallaig. Although is the largest of the Small Isles, it has a very […]
When you’re this far north in Scotland, the tourist sites are few and far between. We did, however, happen upon three rather good places to note. Friends of ours who had done a similar route to us had given us some ideas for free places to explore and stop near, and sometimes recommendation is the […]
Scotland whisky tour on your bucket list but not sure how to do it on a family holiday? I think you really need to keep a whisky distillery tour on your list of things to do, even with your children. Even with kids? Yes of course! Where we were staying in the Highlands of Scotland […]
Summer! So that means that the Highland Games in Scotland will be starting. I had hoped that we would be lucky and find some event close by that we could visit and we were. Not only were the games close by, only 15 miles or so away in the town of Dufftown (I can’t help […]
We had a couple of days where we could explore a bit in the Highlands of Scotland, before our house sit actually began so we took the opportunity to explore a bit further afield than our base since we don’t like to go too far away when in charge of pets (even if the owners […]
On our slow journey north to our house sit, we stopped halfway at a cheap Travelodge in Kinross. For some reason, the kids absolutely love Travelodge rooms and get very excited to stay in them! All I am thinking is that they at least won’t have high standards when they go to travel as adults! […]
The Isle of Rum in Scotland has a mysterious exterior. From the beach on the mainland that we camped near we kept looking for it over the sea. We could see the isle of Eigg, sometimes, but Rum just kept itself hidden behind a load of cloud. On the morning that we set off we […]
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