Today was a mix of sunshine and showers as I headed for The Highlands. After another lovely night's stay at the Blackburn Villa, with a yummy breakfast prepared by Karen, I headed up the Ayrshire coast to Port Glasgow on The Clyde to visit Newark Castle. The well preserved castle was built in 1478 by George Maxwell. A little over 100 years later, the castle was inherited by the notorious Sir Patrick Maxwell. He murdered two members of a rival family and beat hi...

Today was overcast but dry, until late afternoon when the sun made an appearance, accompanied by the odd shower! Still, I managed to get the roof down for all today's driving. After a lovely night followed by a yummy breakfast at Burnett House, I left Dumfries and headed for Drumlanrig Castle, self-billed as "one of Britain's grandest castles". The castle is the Drumfriesshire home of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry. The Duke is the largest la...

Today is the start of my latest Scottish adventure - titled Orkney Odyssey - although it will take me a few days to get to Orkney. Left home at 05:05 and had a trouble-free journey, even through the 30mph limited M5 roadworks approaching the M6. North of Birmingham, a low mist clung to the fields while on my right the sun started to make itself known, creating stunning images as it coloured the whispy clouds and vapour trails. After 2hrs 50mins and 193 miles, I...

Today My GS and I spent a lovely day at Dinefwr Park and Castle. Arriving at lunchtime, we immediately popped into the Tea Room to enjoy cheese scones, cream and jam. Additionally, the GS had a cheese and red onion chutney sandwich. We then walked across the park to the castle ruins. On the way back we enjoyed the Bogwalk Boardwalk which, as the name suggests, is a walk on boards across a bog! Towards the end we sat down to enjoy the view across the lake, and s...

Today a group of us celebrated Mum's 84th birthday with a trip to The Chichester Festival Theatre to see Fiddler on The Roof. With a couple of Mum's neaighbours, we first made our way to Gosport to meet up with a couple more friends , who laid on a lovely Afternoon Tea consisting of little sandwiches, scones and cakes. There we were joined by my brother and his girlfriend for a lovely couple of hours. We then set off for Chichester to watch the fantastic produc...