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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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! … Read more
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 … Read more