Monthly Archives: May 2023

We Survived the NC500

Our last day of the NC500! Last night was another “Spar” night, i.e. grab some snacks from the local supermarket. It seems the towns and villages on the NC500 are suffering a massive staffing shortage on the catering front. Despite … Continue reading

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Cyclists!

Ok, we’ll break from the traditional picture of the place we stayed last night, for two reasons. I forgot to take a photo, and I wasn’t impressed with it. We’ve had better rooms with breakfast and dinner included for less … Continue reading

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Eureka!!

I believe I have solved the image size problem. The last entry “WHY” has been modified to show the images correctly…. I think. I’m not sure whether this was a WordPress issue, or an issue caused by my using a … Continue reading

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Why?

We’ll get to the title later, but as Lyn will confirm it is a word I have said many times in the last few days! Below is last nights accomodation, which yet again featured a massive breakfast. Thankfully none of … Continue reading

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Tropical

Last nights hotel was one of a chain across the country, and had only been recently built. We had dinner an breakfast there and, as checkout was not until noon, we decided to watch some of the pomp and ceremony … Continue reading

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The End of the Road

Well maybe the title is a little dramatic, but we’ll get to that later. Last nights hotel was an old country house that was a little on the cold side, at least in the corridors and public rooms, there was … Continue reading

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At Sea.

We had a good meal at the local Hotel last night followed by a good, country air induced, sleep. After a good breakfast, which included haggis we headed back into the village for our boat trip. We were a little … Continue reading

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Off to the Coast

We left Spean Bridge this morning after a final farewell to family. Below is the guest house that has been our home for the last week. It was originally built as a family home for Lyn’s Aunt, Uncle and 5 … Continue reading

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Our Final Day!

As usual, I quickly run out of titles. Today was our final full day staying in Spean Bridge. Now the younger generation have departed life has become less hectic and bed times have become earlier. I think that the alcohol … Continue reading

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Inverness (again) and More

After another pre 8AM start we picked up our daughter and headed north to the Inverness Airport to drop her off for her flight to London. Towards the end of Loch Ness we finished up following a slow beer lorry … Continue reading

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