Posted in Activities on Sep 3rd, 2009 5 Comments »
28-31 August, wonderful four days in Paris. We saw so many masterpieces and walked the entire city a few times. We stayed in a studio flat in Bastille and ate lots of bread. So many ornate doors in that beautiful city. Plus the weather was amazing, averaging about 27 degrees for four days straight!
Posted in Activities, Hikes on Aug 8th, 2009 No Comments »
Double munro bagging hike, Buachaille Etive Mor and Stob na Broige. Dinner at Clachaig Inn, where we always eat when we’re in Glencoe. Glencoe is still my favourite part of Scotland. We just learned this trip that Glencoe itself is actually the crater of an extinct volcano, and the mountains surrounding are the edges of [...]
Posted in Activities, Hikes on Aug 8th, 2009 2 Comments »
The birthday hike up Scafell Pike was Saturday 25th. We stayed at a lovely farm B&B at Seatoller, just south of Keswick, where I woke on my birthday to a bunch of cards and gifts, lucky me! We walked the hike from the B&B. It was a warm and sunny day (rare in the Lake [...]
Posted in Activities, Hikes on May 4th, 2009 3 Comments »
Wes and I had an amazing time away this weekend. Admittedly, the weather wasn’t great, so we didn’t get to top the munro we planned. Friday night we headed up to Thurso to check out the surf. We spent our coldest night ever in the tent, it felt like the chilly wind was blowing straight [...]
Posted in Activities on Apr 30th, 2009 No Comments »
ok, so it’s only Thursday, but with a flexi-day booked for tomorrow, I certainly have that Friday night feeling. Hurrah! Wes and I have camping plans again this weekend. And again the weather forecast is terrible (heavy rain top of eleven, light rain top of ten, light rain top of ten, heavy rain top of [...]
