Munro definition: a mountain in Scotland with a height over 3,000 feet (914.4 m) and there are 282 all there for the taking. A person who completes/conquers a munro is known to have ‘bagged’ it and…
Posts tagged Perthshire
A day out in Kenmore
One of the things about travelling around Scotland is that around each and every corner, under every stone there is even more history, a spectacular view or locals with tale to tell. Sometimes we can…
Tin Casting Workshop at the Scottish Crannog Centre
I am always on the look out for new places to visit, food and drink, walks and experiences and after a recent trip to Loch Tay I managed to seek out something rather special. Just…
Highland Safaris, Perthshire
Drive just seventeen miles west of Pitlochry, away from the busy A9, you reach the small village of Dull and although it is only a short drive away from Aberfeldy it still feels quite remote…
Birnam Hill
First of all, happy new year. I know we are more than two weeks in to 2018 but this is my first post of the year. The reason for this is, I have been a…
Loch Faskally & Pitlochry Dam Visitor Centre walk
At the beginning of this week when the sun was shining and it was a balmy 15°, the Dude and I decided we would go out for a walk. Looking through some of our walking…
Autumn at The Hermitage
I love autumn. The misty mornings, the damp air, the abundance of fungi in the woods and of course the fabulous colours as the leaves change. What I’m not a fan of is the clocks…
Cycling around Loch Leven
One of our reasons for moving to Scotland was for a change of lifestyle. The dude and I are outdoor types anyway and it made sense that if we wanted to change our lives, be…
An evening with Altan and Karen Matheson
Another great evening of live music at the Perth Concert Hall at the end of last week and I had been invited to the third and final Celtic Session. I jumped at the chance to spend…
Aurora Borealis over Scotland
Picture this: Last night we were all snuggled up in front of the fire and watching Highlander. We had celebrated ten years, to the day, since our first date with nice food and a good…