Reading a leaflet in a motel on the way back from holiday, I noticed that we were in Hadrian’s Wall Country – a set of Roman-linked places stretching from coast to coast, presented to enhance tourism. I wonder of these ‘countries’ have borders and checkpoints – ‘You are now leaving Hadrian’s Wall Country and entering [...]
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In country
Posted in References and signposts, tagged attila the stockbroker, bronte, cookson, emmerdale, hadrians wall, hardy on June 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Station to Station: Holiday 2
Posted in sidetrips, tagged blair atholl, doune, perthshire, pitlochry, transreal on June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Leaving Loch Carron, we relocated to Millside Cottage in Blair Atholl, a supremely comfortable cottage in a pleasant village. We stayed here last year and were initially disappointed that it wasn’t more remote, but its many charms won us over – being next to a small train station provides a kind of evocative rhythm; the [...]
Passing Place: Holiday 1
Posted in sidetrips, tagged applecross, attadale, bealach na ba, gairloch, loch carron, old inn, plockton, potting shed, skye, tea store, ullapool on June 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Nothing to do with my walk to Brighton, in fact a journey in the opposite direction: our annual holiday in Scotland.
For the first week we stayed in a cottage at Attadale by Loch Carron, surrounded by hills, observed incuriously by highland cattle.
One perk of staying in their holiday cottages is the opportunity to explore the [...]
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