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Highland Road Trip: Days 1 & 2 – Glencoe, Spean Bridge Commando Memorial and Eilean Donan Castle

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If you've been following my blog lately, you'll probably already know that we spent Max's October break visiting the Highlands of Scotland, which is a part of the country I'll ...

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Where to Stay in the Highlands | The Whispering Pine Lodge & Black Sheep Hotels Cabins

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When Terry told me we were going to be spending the last few days of our Highland vacation at a place called The Whispering Pine Lodge, I was almost beside ...

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Where to stay on the Isle of Skye: Duisdale House Hotel Review

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Back in 2019, Terry, Max and I spent 4 hours (No, that's not a typo, it really was just four hours, not days...) on the Isle of Skye, and I ...

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Visiting the Highlands: Isles of Glencoe Hotel review

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Disclosure: We stayed at Isles of Glencoe hotel free of charge. All opinions are my own. Last week, Max’s school went on holiday for the October half-term break, and we…

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14 Things to Do Near Perth, Scotland

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If you follow me on Instagram, you might have seen that last week we spent a bit of time in sunny Perthshire, at the Silverwood Resort, so here's a quick ...

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Things I Learned About Scotland from Scottish Historical Romance

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I recently spent over a year of my life ghostwriting Scottish historical romance novels, and if you're wondering how on earth I managed to land a gig like that, well, ...

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Our stay at Parliament House Hotel, Edinburgh

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As Old Rose in Titanic once memorably said, "It's been 84 years..." Except, in this case, it's only really been five years, and I'm not talking about the sinking of ...

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The Most Beautiful Beach in Scotland

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Seacliff Beach, East Lothian I was three years old, and had spent all of my summers in Scotland. It had not occurred to me that beaches could be warm places,…

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Cherry Blossom Season in Edinburgh

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Last Friday afternoon, Terry and I headed into Edinburgh for a stroll in the spring sunshine, while Max was at nursery. It was three days before restaurants and shops were ...

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Things to Do in Scotland in October

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It feels like it's been approximately two seconds since my post about what we got up to in September, but here I am, all ready to wow you with another ...

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6 Things To Do In Scotland in September

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One of the (very) few upsides of the UK lockdown for us was the fact that the knowledge that it could happen again at any time has really forced us ...

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A Socially-Distanced Day Out at Hopetoun House, Scotland

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(We were really excited about it, as you can see…) Now, as longtime readers might recall, Hopetoun is a regular haunt of ours, which has featured on the blog many…

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Things Scottish People Secretly Hate

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A few years ago I wrote a post about some of the Scottish stereotypes people like to perpetuate (and why you shouldn't believe them...), and since then, I've been getting ...

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A Post-Lockdown Walk Around South Queensferry

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As Scotland's lockdown restrictions have continued to be eased, we've been taking a lot of socially-distanced walks in some of the remotest locations we can think of. This week, however, ...

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Scottish winter is the absolute worst, and I will fight you on this

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I hate winter. I hate it with the passion of a thousand hot suns –– which is ironic, really, because if winter HAD a thousand hot suns, I might like ...

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An Overnight in Edinburgh | Bedtime Stories With Novotel

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An overnight stay at Novotel Edinburgh Centre, plus some new reading material for Max

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Visiting the V&A Museum in Dundee, Scotland

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Dundee is one of those cities I've driven through many times, but had never actually stopped in - so when we stayed at Piperdam Lodges last week, I was keen ...

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A Scottish Staycation at Landal Piperdam Lodges, near Dundee

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As you've probably gathered by now, we've become big fans of log-cabin style staycations this year: partly because they give us the opportunity to explore parts of Scotland we've never ...

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Highland Road Trip: Days 1 & 2 – Glencoe, Spean Bridge Commando Memorial and Eilean Donan Castle

Where to Stay in the Highlands | The Whispering Pine Lodge & Black Sheep Hotels Cabins

Where to stay on the Isle of Skye: Duisdale House Hotel Review

Visiting the Highlands: Isles of Glencoe Hotel review

14 Things to Do Near Perth, Scotland

Things I Learned About Scotland from Scottish Historical Romance

Our stay at Parliament House Hotel, Edinburgh

The Most Beautiful Beach in Scotland

Cherry Blossom Season in Edinburgh

Things to Do in Scotland in October

6 Things To Do In Scotland in September

A Socially-Distanced Day Out at Hopetoun House, Scotland

Things Scottish People Secretly Hate

A Post-Lockdown Walk Around South Queensferry

Scottish winter is the absolute worst, and I will fight you on this

An Overnight in Edinburgh | Bedtime Stories With Novotel

Visiting the V&A Museum in Dundee, Scotland

A Scottish Staycation at Landal Piperdam Lodges, near Dundee

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