St Ninian’s Tombolo is a sandbank that connects the mainland to St Ninian’s Isle. It’s accessible even at low tide unless there’s very high tides and rough sea. It was a cloudy day – in fact a local we spoke to said they’ve had nothing but cloud for three weeks, so the beach didn’t look…
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A spontaneous decision to travel to the Shetland Islands
The possibility of seeing Orcas is all it took for us to book the 13 hour ferry from Aberdeen to Lerwick on the Shetland Islands. It was a very expensive ferry so in an attempt to keep the costs down we opted for the free recliner seats instead of a bed. There were about 15…
Hidden waterfalls, jungle and beaches in Scotland’s East Coast
With our ferry booked for Shetland we had just a couple days to reach Aberdeen. On the route we stopped at a scenic spot by the sea. There was a tiny parking area atop a very high cliff with a view of the sea and a wide beach below us. A few wild campers had…
Helga goes in for her MOT and we cross the border into Scotland
We’ve been dreading Helga’s MOT coming up as I’m sure everyone does with their vehicles, but this was the first one since we’ve owned her. For anyone who’s not familiar with an MOT it’s basically a safety check on a vehicle in the UK and it’s a legal requirement. We always get nervous around mechanics,…
Mountain pass and idyllic camping | The Lake District
We opted to take the Honister Pass road to Buttermere Lake which turned out to be a beautiful winding road with steep mountains on either side of us. There were some lovely spots to park up and enjoy the view and one was so nice we decided to stay the night. We parked up right…
Three mountain summit hikes in the Lake District
HELVELLYN, 950m At long last the sun has returned, just for a day but heck, we were gonna make the most of it. We started with a hike up the summit of Helvellyn, which at 950m is the third highest in England. Most people approach it from Glenridding and walk the horseshoe loop around it,…
Rainbows, boat trips and beautiful valleys | The Lake District
After a week enjoying an English heatwave in the Yorkshire Dales we ended up celebrating my birthday on a miserable, rainy day. We didn’t sleep well either due to an invasion of pesky midges so instead of doing something special we just had a chore day which was fine by me. We headed into Kendal…
Meadow hikes and waterfalls in the Yorkshire Dales
We arrived in the tiny village of Muker ready to do a hike in Swaledale, a gorgeous valley. The village, like all of them in the Yorkshire Dales was picture perfect; every building looked the same, built with grey stones and decorated with pretty flower boxes. Before we started we headed to the toilets but…
Sunsets, wild swimming & spectacular roads in the Yorkshire Dales | England
We didn’t arrive into the Dales until the late afternoon. It was the weekend and we went to one of the busiest spots of the park at Malham Cove. The main hike here has been named one of England’s top 10 hikes so it’s no wonder it was busy on a sunny weekend. We began…
4 days hiking around the Peak District | England
It was our first visit to the Peak District National Park and to be honest we didn’t love the place. I don’t know if it was due to me looking at the map beforehand and realising it was surrounded by huge cities. It sort of just looked like a large communal park for the residents…
NON STOP TRAVELLING 