Category Archives: holiday

Bristol and other stories

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Last weekend, where weekend begins on a Thursday for purposes of this tale), Phil and I headed out to Bristol to meet up with my brother Andrew, his friends from uni [...]

Standing stones have moved

Yesterday we ventured,via bus, to Tobermory. The journey was suitably hair-raising: the road is quite as scary as I remember. It appears that we must cycle it though, as there is a ferry from Tobermory that will take us to Kilchoan on the mainland, and philb wishes to ride around that area. Therefore it is [...]

Mulling it over

It is now abundantly clear that the seats on the Caledonian Sleeper are designed for no other purpose than to persuade you to pay, an additional £34 per person, for a berth where there might be a danger of being able to sleep. I can sleep on most train seats, but such was the skill [...]

holiday plans

As you may or may not know, we got married on the isle of Mull in Scotland. That was over two years ago now, and we haven’t been back since. This sorry state of affairs must be remedied at the earliest convenience of the lovely Caroline Wood who graciously provided accommodation, a wedding reception and [...]