Ullswater Rally: August 2025
After an early start we retraced our steps from Loch Rannoch driving south where we joined the Gaffers who had already begun to gather at… Read More »Ullswater Rally: August 2025
mountains
Dundee to Loch Rannoch
After an early rise on Tuesday to say cheerio to Ricarda, going to work on the 0710 train to Edinburgh, and breakfast with Simon &… Read More »Dundee to Loch Rannoch
Limestone Pavements, Dundee & Glencoe
We’d decided to visit Simon before going to Ullswater for the OGA Rally on August Bank Holiday weekend. Our route there and back included several… Read More »Limestone Pavements, Dundee & Glencoe
Back to Longyearbyen and home . . .
After a careful recce of the beach where the polar bear had been the night before, Phil and Jonathan declared it safe for a shore… Read More »Back to Longyearbyen and home . . .
Ny-London and a polar bear!
Yesterday morning we’d hoped to visit Ny-London but a cruise ship had arrived to take a party of 95 ashore. There’s a limit of 100… Read More »Ny-London and a polar bear!
Under the midnight sun
There isn’t ‘dawn’ of course as it never gets dark, but as we got up for breakfast the clouds were still hanging over the mountains… Read More »Under the midnight sun
Setting sail on ‘SV Noorderlicht’
Having arrived in Longyearbyen we had a day to explore before boarding the ship at 1600. It’s only a small town, built in 1906 by… Read More »Setting sail on ‘SV Noorderlicht’
Via Verde de la Sierra
The parking area below the small town of Coripe was so idyllic, with the option or riding the Via Verde, that we decided to stay until today.
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from Doñana to Coripe
After a day in Doñana National Park we moved on to the Via Verde de la Sierra for a long weekend.
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