Sunday 27/8/17: Well we're still suffering the blues from our persistent colds and of course the weather changes hourly just to confuse you. Yesterday the 'cabin fever' got to us and so we went for a drive to the bridge over the Waters of Feugh to watch the salmon jumping. They were pretty impressive trying to jump up pretty big rapids that I wouldn't fancy myself paddling. It was good to get out of the house and breathe some fresh air. Today I thought what Het...

Thursday 24/8: Woke to sunshine! Hooray! We've both got a bit of a cold but doing ok, so we headed to the coast at Stonehaven. The narrow roads remind me of driving in the south of England and they feel very familiar. We parked the Honda on the quay and set off along the coastal path toward Dunottar Castle which is perched on a headland. Apparently a small garrison held the castle for eight months against Cromwell as they were defending the Honours of Scotland. ...

Wednesday 23/8/17 Banchory. There had been promises of foul weather from the west coast but it wasn't too bad in Banchory. Admittedly the sky was grey and the light drizzle in the morning got heavier and became real rain, but there was no thunder and lightning, no flash floods and no drop bears. So all in all it was a reasonable Scottish day. Hett and I drove into Banchory in the morning, parked the car and explored the town on foot. We did use an umbrella as ...

Tuesday 22/8/17: Well we made it! Hett and I left Perth Monday 21/8/17 (SQ 214) at about 5.10pm and got into Singapore at about 10.35pm having travelled 2420 miles, 3895km in five and a half hours. After a longish stopover we got airborne about 1.10am Tuesday 22/8/17 (SQ306) and after 6764 miles, or 11,140 km and about thirteen and a half hours ( lots of film watched) we made it to a cloudy Heathrow. Once more some fun at customs and security, some wore creat...