Six weeks of school holidays were almost up. On the very last day, we ventured across to Fife. The plan?…
Cairngorms National Park: Carn an Tuirc, Cairn of Claise, Glas Maol and Creag Leacach
Usually, I sleep like a log when we’re camping. Not so on this occasion, as we had the misfortune to be pitched next to a couple who gossiped loudly into […]
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Mince Pies
This recipe makes approximately 24 mince pies. Ingredients: Method: *I always used to call this a fairy cake tray, but it seems as though most retailers call it a bun […]
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Cairngorms National Park: Loch Callater, Carn an t-Sagairt Mòr, Carn a’ Choire Bhaidheach and Lochnagar
After pottering round Aviemore and stocking up on supplies, we headed east towards Braemar. I can’t remember exactly how Loch Callater came onto our radar, but it didn’t take long […]
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Orange and Cinnamon Traybake
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Tour du Mont Blanc #8: Col de la Forclaz to Argentière
The early bird catches the worm – or, in our case, the lift up the hill to rejoin the route at Col de la Forclaz. We’d had to veer off […]
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Chocolate Chip Loaf Cake
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Conquering the Cairngorms’ Angels and Demons: Braeriach, The Angel’s Peak, Cairn Toul and The Devil’s Point
When it comes to planning a trip to the Cairngorms National Park, the biggest challenge is its size. There’s a whopping 4,500sq kilometres of it. To put that into perspective […]
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Lemon Drizzle Cake
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Snapshots of the Cairngorms National Park
If you’d asked me a couple of months ago to name my favourite national park, I’d probably have been torn between Snowdonia, the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District. But […]
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A Whistle-Stop Tour of Niagara Falls
After a fleeting visit to Hamilton – spent largely discovering the surrounding nature trails and not the town itself – we moved on to our next stop: Niagara Falls. Niagara […]
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