My last day in Scotland was magnificent. We went to a very remote glen where two ancient iron age brochs nestled amongst glorious scenery and lovely old trees that danced. The road had a 14% gradient and switchbacks, and I wondered how I would do riding on it, since the surface was very gravelly. At [...]

The train to Cambridge. The back of the house in Hitchin where I stayed: a snarf in its own right. The plane to California. If you can’t figure out which is which, I will help you pick out some new glasses or a therapist. ;-)

Well, I’m safe in Hitchin with my wonderful friend Talitha. It’s good to stop travelling for a while and just be comfortable. :-) Am borrowing a computer so really don’t have much time to update, but will post a summary, probably when I get back home. I love Hitchin.

I made it through security and stuff ok. I’m happy to report that unlike Luton, the departures lounge at this little place does have a BT wireless connection i can use. I’m waiting for my plane. The boarding card says it’s 30 minutes late and the website says it’s 20 minutes early. I’m going to [...]

I’m leaving Scotland on Tuesday, and my time is likely to be limited online after that point. Also, I won’t be so much touring as spending time researching and writing, as well as visiting and chatting with friends. So if you don’t hear much after Tuesday, that’s why. I return to the USA on the [...]

The flooding is at Bonar Bridge The snowy hills are a view from just around the corner, in the direction of where we were heading The falls are Shin Falls The rest is just…a lot of weather, all within about a 6 hour period, and sometimes changing at five minute intervals. ;-)

Pancakes, British style. I’m a sugar & lemon kinda girl. The antenna is 800′ high. View of Cromarty harbor; check out the oil rigs lined up in a row. The Nigg Ferry; it can carry about two cars across the Firth. It’s a short ride but cuts a lot of time off. Nigg is where [...]

I woke up this morning to snow. Lots and lots of it. It snowed, then the sun came out, then it snowed, then the sun came out. So we didn’t go to Aberdeenshire, and I spent a whole morning preparing data to slide quietly into the database when I have a fast connection. Oh, and [...]

Got up early this morning so we could go down to Inverness. The rush hour is a source of smiles for me. You get that much traffic in Sunnyvale at maybe midnight. ;-) We wandered around the rather bitterly cold city for a short while until it was time for my eye appointment. I had [...]