Hi, Just a quick note to accompany the photos from Jillian and Scott's wedding which took place in Dores Parish Church with the reception at Dunmaglass Estate. The wedding service was conducted by Rev Allan MacDonald. It was great to catch up with both the Fraser and Gillies clans and with many others whom I had not seen for well over 20 years. The reception on the Dunmaglass Estate was the first time I had been there since the 1970s, when the keeper of that pe...

Hi, I undertook my first barging adventure in 2011 as can be seen from the photos on this website. I enjoyed it a lot and always planned to repeat it, this time with a few more bodies on board and no work pressures. On the last trip we set out from Upton but did not make our planned destination of Stratford-upon-Avon. After discussion we agreed to start in Stratford and aim to head towards Warwick, with the aim of visiting Warwick Castle and possibly catching...

Hi, Paid my first visit to the Island of Tiree for the 10k race. Stopped at Oban on the Friday night and caught the 0700 ferry which stops at Coll briefly en route. The weather was good for the first part of the day so got a great shot of the Clan MacLean pile of Duart Castle on the way past. Had to get sorted for the race on arrival and being on my own means I have no photos of the race. Possibly I will be able to scalp some off the net in due course. Friendly...

Hi, Those of you following my blogs will remember that I visited some World War Two sites last year and that the plan was to visit some Great War sites this year. History was my favourite subject at school and we covered a lot of WW1 material, but the desire to visit was also connected to our family. I have no memory of my maternal grandfather John MacQueen, who died when I was less than two years old. His wife Helen Campbell had died in the 50s before I was ...

Hi, On 27th August I flew from Glasgow to Calgary on a work related trip. On this journey Graham and I accompanied Charlie on his dream venture, which was a train journey through the Rockies from Banff to Vancouver on the famous Rocky Mountaineer train. The photos were taken by myself as a narrative of the adventure and are reproduced here with Charlie's kind permission. As usual I am not really writing a full travel blog but rather using this script as a guid...