It was around 6am when I woke up and it took me a second to recognise my unfamiliar surroundings, I thought about dozing but the hard floor encouraged me to get up and get ready for the day. Whilst getting ready, I managed to slice my finger open, it wasn’t a large cut but it…
Category: Travel
Scotland 07/18 | Bothy Bound on the Applecross Peninsula
After a night of heavy rain, I actually exclaimed out loud with glee when we awoke to clear blue skies. There were soft clouds rolling in the distance but Raasay was drenched in the bright morning light, illuminating all the details of its coastline. With the door open we packed up slowly, watching the clouds…
Scotland 07/08 |Brochs & Beaches
The rain was hammering lightly on the roof and windows as I came to, it felt delightfully cosy tucked up in the van and I felt like I had had a good night’s sleep. Peering out of the window, the scene was just as grey and shrouded in mist and cloud as it had been…
Scotland 07/18 | Mist & Rain on the Sandaig Islands
It was an early awakening, followed by a wander down to the water while Callum slept on. The tide was almost at the exact same point that we left it the previous evening and you will all be pleased to hear… no stranded jellyfish this time! I positioned myself on the larger rock, which sat…
Scotland 07/18 |Castles in the Sea, Swimming in the Sound
We awoke to a grey morning, the clouds hung low over the peaks and there were a few inversions whisping between the crags. It was fairly dull and there was a lot of moisture hanging in the air so it wasn’t too long before we were heading off for our next destination and the next…
Scotland 07/18 |Wild Swimming on Day One
We left later than we planned and headed straight up the motorway, the van packed up for a week of exploring, in no time at all we crossed the border into bonnie Scotland and our holiday officially began! We drove for around 4 hours, the start of the journey nondescript as always but eventually heading…
#22 And Up Goes The Ceiling!
A quick fix on the pillar trims and then we moved on to the ceiling, covering it, fitting the lights and securing it in place! At the very beginning of the project, one of our first jobs was to remove the metal bulkhead from the van (http://bit.ly/7Bulkhead) it was an easy job and made it…
Canoe & Bivvy!
We seem to be in the middle of an endless summer, extremely uncharacteristic of the Lake District we have had continuous sunshine and next to no rainfall. The becks are drying up, not great for those houses plumbed straight from these water sources (and that is a surprising number in a rural area like this),…
Derwentwater Loop – A Day of Sun!
After a lovely week with my parents it was time for them to head home, but not before we squeezed in one more walk. The sun was shining and the skies were clear, it was due to be a hot day and we decided to go low level and well connected, so motorways could be…
The Holy Island
Our next stop on our visit east was Lindisfarne Island, known as the Holy Island. It is a tidal island, cut off from the main land when the tide is in, however when the tide is out it is accessible by the causeway across the large expanse of sand separating the two.We had a couple…
Journey Far 