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It is a year since I sold my house in Scotland and went travelling (albeit intermittently). In my last update I told you that I had made...

It has been some time since I last posted! During October and November I spent most of my time between Scotland (mainly Stirling) and the...

Friday 30th September, 2022 A short trip to Tavira (Portugal), this time with daughter in tow and so an apartment with a pool was...

Wednesday 21st Sept, 2022 As I prepare for my next jaunt leaving these shores I thought I would update you all on what I have been doing...

Thursday 8th Sept, 2022 I got up in the morning to be greeted with the news from Easyjet that my flight to Edinburgh was cancelled. I...

Tuesday 6th Sept, 2022 Today was mainly a day for working on the laptop punctuated by a walk around areas hitherto unexplored! I missed...

Monday 5th Sept, 2022 The day, and indeed the week, started with a Facebook Live from Seville. It's scary how the weeks keep rolling by...

Sunday 4th September, 2022 The day started with a home-cooked breakfast in the apartment, together with some time on the laptop planning...

Saturday 3rd Sept, 2022 It was a relatively early start this morning as the apartment host was coming to take payment, and I had a...

Friday 2nd Sept, 2022 Today (Friday) was mainly spent getting here. I left Tavira mid morning on a bus (having met a Scottish woman who...

Wednesday 31st August, 2022 You may have noticed that Tuesday 30th is missing - not a lot happened - I worked on my laptop in my friends'...

Monday 29th August, 2022 After a hotel breakfast - why are they always exactly the same? - I did a little bit of work and then headed for...

Sunday 28th August, 2022 I got up and headed out to find some breakfast. It would appear that many places don't open on Sundays but I...

Saturday 27th August, 2022 And we're off! Back to Edinburgh Airport for the next adventure, this time using the bus as it is so...

Saturday 20th August, 2022 All photos in this post courtesy of Bryan Robertson Photography As I have already mentioned, one of my reasons...

Tuesday 16th August, 2022 Today I moved on from Strichen to visit an old friend near Beauly. It's quite a long drive along the coast,...

Monday 15th August, 2022 Today the weather finally broke and rain hit the north-east corner of Scotland, so it was a dull day weather...

Sunday 14th August, 2022 Another gorgeous day dawned (thunderstorms are threatened though) and so today I considered walking from Pennan...

Saturday 13th August, 2022 Despite choosing not to travel abroad in August I had itchy feet so booked a B&B in the north-east of Scotland...