Just 10 minutes from my parents front door is Glen Strathfarrar, a stunning piece of what was once Fraser country that is now home to a hunting lodge and a vast number of red deer. Popular with outdoor enthusiasts Glen Strathfarrar boasts beautiful scenery, a hydro dam, pine forest and an abundance of wildlife. A limited number of vehicles are allowed access between 28th March and 31st October (except all day on Tuesdays and Wednesday ... Read the Post...
Top 3 TV Shows Based in Scotland*
*This is a sponsored post. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Hamish Macbeth: My parents introduced me to Hamish Macbeth when they discovered my love for actor Robert Carlyle. He plays the rebellious local police officer Constable Hamish Macbeth in this 90s comedy-drama made by BBC Scotland. Macbeth is happy to keep the peace in the fictitious town of Lochdubh without too much concern for regulations and too much involvement from his ... Read the Post...
Housesteads Roman Fort, Hadrian’s Wall
Housesteads is a well preserved Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall. In the heart of the Northumberland countryside the remains of the fort are set high on a ridge looking out over ‘barbaricum’, where the barbarians (Scots!) used to live. I've visited the fort four or five times but John had never been so one dry Saturday afternoon we jumped in the car and headed along one of England's beautifully straight Roman roads. The site is owned by the ... Read the Post...
Big Kid Circus
I am a big kid and for the last three years I've been going to the circus every time it's rolled into town. When I was a child animal welfare issues meant I never ventured inside a big top so I'm making up for it now that the lions and tigers have been replaced with inflatable polar bears, giant big cats and dancing camels! Big Kid Circus features aerial and ground acrobatics performed by artists from England, Morocco, Ukraine, Russia, and ... Read the Post...