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. …
Two days for the price of one in this installment – 23rd December 2012, when we left New Zealand and returned to Australian shores, and Christmas Eve around the Melbourne area. …
Back in the long-lost mists of time, when British citizens had free-movement in Europe, and the current coronavirus restrictions were still nearly 3 years away, we made the decision to spend 3 and a half weeks touring round Europe with an 8 month old. …
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. …
What a lovely place to wake up in. We were greeted by the stunning blue waters of Lake Pukaki, with the dazzling snow capped peaks, including Aoraki, behind, with a delicate wispy layer of clouds in the middle. …
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 …