Category: Trips

  • Scotland – Black Isle & Skye

    Scotland – Black Isle & Skye

    Well actually the Forth Bridge. We stayed at South Queensferry for two nights … I enjoyed taking the shots of the bikers who must use the car park as a regular Sunday meeting place. The stitched panorama of the three Forth bridges came out reasonably well, even though the light was not brilliant. Heading north…

  • Sandsend and Staithes

    Sandsend and Staithes

    The main trip of 2022 was to be to Scotland (see later posts), so on the way we were able to take up the generous offer of accommodation from our friends Carol and Chris at their holiday-let (see above) in Sandsend on the North Yorkshire coast near Whitby. Just a short stopover but most welcome…

  • Slowboat to Abergavenny (nearly)

    Slowboat to Abergavenny (nearly)

    In June this year, Jenny, my sister Jane, and I embarked on a narrowboat cruise along the Brecon and Monmouth Canal. We discovered that we should probably not do such a holiday again unless we have at least one of our children with us! We felt we needed a holiday at the end to recover…