A weekend without rain!
In honour of a weekend of glorious weather, I’m taking a break from my holiday diary to add some pictures of Scotland basking under blue skies. It doesn’t happen often… Read more A weekend without rain! →
Jupiter Artland
I’ve never been to anything quite like Jupiter Artland before. Robert and Nicky Wilson bought Bonnington House in West Lothian, a Jacobean manor house with an 100-acre estate, in 1999, and decided to… Read more Jupiter Artland →
Glasgow School of Art – mourning the Mack
Originally posted on Adventures of a Retired Librarian:
Mackintosh Building 22nd May 2014 This is not quite the post I meant to write, and for a few days I wasn’t…
The Great Tapestry of Scotland
Anchor Mill in Paisley, near Glasgow, has long been in the background of my life. I remember it from the pre-motorway days of the 1960s when our family drove past it every summer on… Read more The Great Tapestry of Scotland →
Glaisdale and Whitby: a visit to the North York Moors
A weekend with friends in a cottage in the North York Moors National Park? Perfect! Glaisdale is a pretty village, built on a steep valley descending to the River Esk. Our cottage,… Read more Glaisdale and Whitby: a visit to the North York Moors →
Kinneil and Bo’ness
Look at the beautiful building above. Can you imagine that Kinneil House was almost torn down in the 1930s? For centuries, it belonged to the Dukes of Hamilton, but when it was sold to the local council they started on this dreadful act of vandalism. Fortunately, they had the sense to stop when they discovered under the plasterwork some impressive Renaissance wall paintings, said to be the best in Scotland if not the UK. Today, the house is managed by Historic Scotland which, along with the Friends of Kinneil, organises… Read more Kinneil and Bo’ness →
Costumes and quilts at Dalgarven Mill
Something seemed to go wrong with the weather settings over Scotland this Easter – yes, four days of sunshine. Unheard of for a holiday weekend! We made the most of… Read more Costumes and quilts at Dalgarven Mill →
O is for Outer Hebrides
If you read my post I is for Inner Hebrides, you might have guessed what O was going to be! In my opinion, the outer islands are even more beautiful… Read more O is for Outer Hebrides →
I is for Inner Hebrides
The Hebrides is an archipelago off the west coast of Scotland (sometimes known as the Western Isles) and is divided into Inner and Outer (see map). There are 36 inhabited… Read more I is for Inner Hebrides →
E is for Ely
We don’t travel in England as much as we should. We visit the Lake District fairly regularly, and our friends in Yorkshire, but we don’t often spend holidays any further… Read more E is for Ely →
Calderglen and Langlands Moss
Calderglen Country Park is just outside East Kilbride, one of Scotland’s “new” towns. It’s based round the 17th century Torrance House and has lovely trails along the Calder. If you… Read more Calderglen and Langlands Moss →
Scottish Snapshots: Dunblane
Scottish Snapshots is a series of posts about places I visited in 2013 but didn’t write about at the time. This is the last – and it has turned into… Read more Scottish Snapshots: Dunblane →
The Glasgow Gallivanter 