Twixmas at Troon
Ok, I hate the term “Twixmas” too, but I like alliteration! We set off for three nights of relaxation by the Ayrshire coast between Christmas and New Year, our stay at the… Read more Twixmas at Troon →
2014: the best bits
Another good year! And yet – other years, a post of annual highlights has poured out of me, but this year I’m not sure what to write. Could it be… Read more 2014: the best bits →
The friends you made and the memories you left
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An autumn walk
Yesterday was a lovely autumnal day for a walk, with the mist hanging low over the ground so that it was easy to get above it. We drove to Aberfoyle, less than… Read more An autumn walk →
Cornish Chronicles: Penzance to Mousehole
On our last afternoon, we took a different sort of coastal walk. No cliff-top paths and deserted coves this time – the walk from Penzance to Mousehole (say it mowzel)… Read more Cornish Chronicles: Penzance to Mousehole →
Cornish Chronicles: Porthcurno
Porthcurno is yet another beautiful (and steep) Cornish village. We spent a whole day there, first at the Minack Theatre, then taking a coastal walk, and finally visiting the Telegraph Museum.… Read more Cornish Chronicles: Porthcurno →
Cornish Chronicles: Land’s End
Land’s End is the south-west tip of Great Britain and is reputed to be tacky. Having visited it’s equivalent in the north-east of Scotland, John O’Groats, I could well believe… Read more Cornish Chronicles: Land’s End →
Cornish Chronicles: prehistoric sites
The Penwith peninsula is as rich in prehistory as it is in industrial archaeology. We spent a morning walking round Mên-an-tol and Nine Maidens, also visiting Lanyon Quoit and Madron… Read more Cornish Chronicles: prehistoric sites →
Cornish Chronicles: tin mines
Tin mining was once West Cornwall’s major industry, and ruined engine houses are still a common sight. We visited four of them – Levant and Geevor have an entrance fee, the… Read more Cornish Chronicles: tin mines →
Cornish Chronicles: Cape Cornwall
Once upon a time, a little boy from Glasgow went on holiday to Cornwall with his Mum, Dad and two younger siblings. They stayed in a cottage at Cape Cornwall… Read more Cornish Chronicles: Cape Cornwall →
Cornish Chronicles: St Michael’s Mount
A monastery, a fortress, a port and a family home – St Michael’s Mount has been, or is, all of these. The Archangel St Michael (allegedly) appeared to fisherman there in… Read more Cornish Chronicles: St Michael’s Mount →
Cornish Chronicles: sculpture gardens
St Ives became a centre for the arts in the 1920s and 30s when influential painters and sculptors moved in. Barbara Hepworth, one of the leading abstract sculptors of the 20th… Read more Cornish Chronicles: sculpture gardens →
The Glasgow Gallivanter 