St Michael’s Mount Friday brought another solo day trip by train and also the achievement of another item ticked off on my personal ‘bucket list’. I visited Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy

St Michael’s Mount Friday brought another solo day trip by train and also the achievement of another item ticked off on my personal ‘bucket list’. I visited Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy
Falmouth (Town) As is clear from its name, Falmouth is situated at the mouth of the River Fal. It is the second-largest town in Cornwall, both it and larger St
Introduction & Arrival Until summer 2022, Cornwall was perhaps the single most spectacular ‘oversight’ in my personal travel history within the UK. (Others still remaining include SW Wales, the Moray
Bangkok’s MOCA Our final day in Thailand began with the familiar routine of hotel breakfast and showers, followed by the last packing of the trip. The main sightseeing objective today
It was the most unassuming of starts to an intercontinental trip: a short hop to Amsterdam in Economy. Regular readers will know that this is not necessarily unusual for me.
My second venture into the Pentland Hills took place just over four weeks later. This time my walk was circular, starting and ending at the Balerno terminus of Lothian Buses
This introductory walk – perhaps surprisingly, my first venture into the Pentlands – began at Torphin bus terminus and ended at Currie Kirk. The former was reached at the time
This post illustrates a picturesque walk in North Edinburgh from Silverknowes Golf Course to Cramond Village, then along the right bank of the River Almond to Cramond Brig.
The Queen’s Gallery, Edinburgh is part of the Palace of Holyroodhouse complex. (Ticketing can be either combined or independent.) It is located at the corner of Horse Wynd and Abbey
Introduction This post’s heading takes a slightly non-standard form as the name ‘Stirling’ applies to one of Scotland’s smaller cities and also to the much larger council area in which
Culross is a historic coastal village situated in the far west of Fife, close to its boundary with the Clackmannanshire council area. Dating from the 6th century AD, it is
The day after my trip to Abbotsford, and with the weather continuing to be unusually pleasant for the time of year, I embarked on a two-centre day trip to the
Abbotsford (1825) is a country house and estate in the Scottish Borders. Situated a short walk away from Tweedbank, the terminus of the Borders Railway, it makes a convenient day-trip
Bruce’s ‘winter’ visit to Scotland usually concludes with a joint weekend in London, and 2022 was no exception. On the Friday afternoon, while Bruce was working, I had the opportunity
On the morning of 3 Feb, the final day of Bruce’s winter visit to Edinburgh, we walked the short distance from my flat to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern
Following our visit to the National Museum of Flight, we drove into nearby North Berwick and had lunch at Herringbone. This was followed by my first visit to the Scottish
Background The National Museum of Flight is Scotland’s official aviation museum. Part of National Museums Scotland, it grew out of aviation-related acquisitions by the Edinburgh-based National Museum of Scotland, the
Background With a population of around 150,000, Dundee is Scotland’s fourth-largest city. Lying on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, Dundee is around 56 miles north (and a