3rd November 2025 Hi, This is a quick note to accompany the photos of my big cousin (well he was big when I was small!) Iain's milestone birthday. I've been close to Iain since I was a toddler visiting the family farm at Balloan. Close family gathered in the Redcliffe Hotel in Inverness on the appointed day 30th September for a celebratory meal. The photos can tell the story and mark the occasion. With every good wish for Iain and family going forward Yours ...

2nd October 2025 Hi This is just a quick blog to accompany the photos of my trip north from Tuesday 29th July to Monday August 4th. This was my second trip to visit the Schouten family in Rogart, having been up to stay in 2023. I received the customary warm welcome and fabulous hospitality which will come as no surprise to those who have visited. I did some visiting in Tain and the Shore Villages but don't seem to have taken any photos of these. Quite unlike m...

8th August 2025 Hi This is a very brief note to accompany the photos of my ex Safeway friend Steve Wilson's wedding to Gill Fair at Puckrup Hall near Tewkesbury on 24th July 2025. Unusually for me I haven't annotated the photos and am just leaving them to speak for themselves. Every picture tells a story and this was a memorable and happy occasion. Experience tells me that the most views on my travel website are those of my travels to weddings. Enjoy! All the...

Hi, This is a fairly short blog detailing my week spent with my friends the Brasser Family in Westkapelle from June 20-27th This was my second visit so I must have been well behaved first time to get invited back! You can check out details of my last visit on this site. I won't repeat a whole lot of information I gave about the location but if you need just look back to May 2024 on the blog section. Having had busy visits to Skiathos and Madeira recently this ...

9th June 2025 Hi I had two main reasons for visiting Madeira. Firstly, I had never visited it and secondly, because it is a scuba diving destination. Additionally, it's part of Portugal, which I've visited four times in the last decade and it continues to grow on me as a country which is beautiful, interesting, welcoming and better value than most major European countries. In summary, I spent three days diving from Santa Cruz and two days sightseeing in Funcha...