This is the last one of the Covid Tour 2021, shame I hear you shout! It won't be for long though before we are up to something else! We've had an amazing time in Scotland, dodged the midgies, recovered our bike legs and Jigsaw the hunter gatherer has helped us with our "protein" (voles) and… Continue reading The Last Leg
Category: Scotland 2021
Forfar 4 : John o’Groats 1
First mainland night for a while was at Fearnoch Forest stopover outside of Oban. Scotland Forestry Commission and other orgs are trialling using places like this as overnight places and it is great. Seems they are trying to embrace the travellers among us and trust us with honesty boxes. We’ve seen no abuse of it,… Continue reading Forfar 4 : John o’Groats 1
Bleets ‘n Tweets on Mull
Travelling North over recent weeks we’ve really recognised the seasonal changes. It seems a long while since bluebells and lambing in Somerset yet up here there are still young’ns scampering to their mothers when two highlighter pens cycle anywhere near. It may sound dumb to say it, but recognising our surroundings and 'being present' is… Continue reading Bleets ‘n Tweets on Mull
The Wild and Wondrous Arran
An early start for the ferry across to Arran and believe it or not, we were sitting on deck in glorious sunshine! We were first onboard, probably due to size and the furry one settled in for 50 mins of car alarms going off on the vehicle deck. Poor thing I hear you say! We… Continue reading The Wild and Wondrous Arran
The Road to the Isles
So this leg of our Covid Tour 2021 started with a trip to Newark on Trent for some van bits then across to Redditch, what can I say? To be honest, in trying to reflect similarities between it and Salamanca I was for once, lost for words. Yes, I couldn't summon up the elaborate vocabulary… Continue reading The Road to the Isles





