You can’t settle in Scotland without visiting a Highland Games so today I visited my first one, at Dundonald – the location of the castle I visited earlier on (A castle and a band (or two)). So a fifteen minute drive later, I was at the Games. At the Games, there were all sort of…
Just a post to document a couple of ‘adventures’ recently. Dundonald Castle First, looking through the Historic Scotland handbook, I noticed a castle not 15 minutes from home so, the first sunny day, I popped in the car and made my way to Dundonald Castle. The castle is not large (compared to Stirling) but still…
It was a lovely Sunday morning so I decided to take a trip to the seaside – nearby Saltcoats and Ardrossan. The car said 3°C but it was sunny and without a breath of wind so it didn’t feel like it. My trip to Saltcoats was also better than the previous time when the wind…
It’s been a pretty wet three weeks since I arrived, although to be expected in autumn. The flat is warm so I don’t mind watching the rain falling but I have missed the opportunities of exploring my new surroundings. Now the weather forecast suggests a week of cool but dry weather with some sunshine –…
Today as I was visiting Morrisons (the other direction from the normal Irvine shops), I decided to pop into the nearby town of Saltcoats to get a glimpse of the sea and hear the gulls again (after two weeks). I didn’t stay long as it was a day of heavy showers but it will be…
As it was a sunny day and a was taking a break from shopping, I visited Eglinton Country Park which is just two miles away. Once part of the estate of Eglinton House, the building is now ruined and there are large areas of countryside to walk. There is also a cafe to rest in…
After being so isolated in Devon, where the nearest proper shop was two miles away and the biggest shops were an hour’s drive away, Kilwinning is shopping heaven. Not actually Kilwinning, but Irvine which is 4 miles down a dual carriageway to the south. Park in the Rivergate shopping centre car park (free) and these…