Paul's ramblings
This was to be the final day of our trip – the hire car was back at the hire car company, the train tickets were all organised, and all we had left ahead of us was a longish day of train travel, back to being picked up by Mum in York. …
This was our final full day in Scotland – we’d be heading back to the Fort William Premier Inn and returning the hire-car – but as that wasn’t required until around 4pm, we would have plenty of time to continue to explore on our way back. …
Skye is made up of five main peninsulars – today we would mainly be exploring Trotternish to the North of the island, as well as Duirinish in the North West. …
Dad had indicated he would be happy with a short walk (somewhere we’d been before), and I had an idea that was almost entirely flat and on sure ground, and with some shelter from wind and rain. Additionally, it wasn’t far from the Talisker Distillery, which we wanted to visit. …
We really didn’t have very long to spend in Dunedin, as we needed to be carrying on our journey. However, having experienced the “thrill” of a section of dual-carriageway as we entered the City, we parked up in the central area, and had a brief explore of the “First Church of Otago”, a rather superb 19th Century Church building in the European style. …
It’s not easy to organise a hire car for a pick up either late on Saturday or on a Sunday morning, however we’d organised that we’d pick it up after a leisurely breakfast …
Before going any further, we need to talk about birds in New Zealand …
Introduction We were by now around two thirds of the way through our circuit of the south western half of the South Island of New Zealand, and having woken up
Intro So today was the day we hoped finally to make it to the top tourist destination, Milford Sound. Would the road open in time, would we be able to
A walk and a soak Having managed a good nights’ sleep in the hotel, and following rest the previous day, it was time to set out for another adventure, albeit