I’ll be rejoining my parents soon; it will be a quiet night, with jigsaws and rearranging of bags. I have my British helmet stuffed with socks and things in my rucksack; I hope it makes it okay. We went out for a drive towards Gairloch, a beautiful place on the coast. The weather was very [...]

11th November In the morning we went Christmas shopping. I met an Irish-sounding Canadian who was now running a card shop in Inverness. They had a nice street fair, European with several different languages wafting around. I don’t like shopping, and I ran out of steam – luckily, everyone is now supplied with at least [...]

11th November In the morning we went Christmas shopping. I met an Irish-sounding Canadian who was now running a card shop in Inverness. They had a nice street fair, European with several different languages wafting around. I don’t like shopping, and I ran out of steam – luckily, everyone is now supplied with at least [...]

9th November We went to Ullapool today, via Blackwater Falls. Again, it was forecast as sunshine and showers, and verily did we get both. In Ullapool itself we had a true downpour, but we were safe and cosy inside and by the time we got out, it had gone away. Ullapool is up the coast, [...]

I was just able to pick up a broken laptop of my flavour laptop, the only good part being…the screen! Poor Little Broken Laptop will live again – and I have a few more years to get rich enough to afford the tiny kind! ;-) And there was much rejoicing. :-)

8th November The forecast today was “sunshine and showers” so we set out to see what happened. First we went to Strathpeffer, which is a Victorian resort complete with hotels and an old railway station, now converted to little shops. Of interest to me was the Eagle Stone, an ancient marker stone carved with the [...]

While out today we remarked on how cold it was suddenly. There was a bitter twist to the air that wasn’t there before. I thought that maybe there would be snow. We saw that snow had fallen on the mountains later, and lo and behold, as we reached the San Francisco Music Box company, white [...]

6th November Went to the post office and bought stamps. The international stuff took a long time because the lady had to look everything up in the Book Of All Things Royal Mail. Not many people send postcards to the USA from Culbokie, but it’s worth asking because it’s a cheaper rate. It was kind [...]

3rd November Today was our trip down Loch Ness to see Urquhart Castle. I’ve been coming this way since I was six years old, but have never actually been to the castle. It was awesome. The weather was decent for the most part; had a couple of showers but it was primarily bright, if cold. [...]