In November, Pip was presenting at a conference in Lincoln so I accompanied her and together we met up with Kirsty for a few days. The town is dominated by its cathedral, an imposing edifice of Gothic architecture that is one…
Babysitting
We had almost a week of time with grandsons Angus and Dominic in Hove while their parents took a well-earned break in Iceland. A fairly full-on time but we did manage to get out and about once or twice when…
Edinburgh
Our final two days in Scotland were spent in Edinburgh. Really only one full day, so we stayed in the city centre at an excellent and reasonably-priced hotel called Motel One, in Market St. We did the touristy things, starting…
Aviemore
We were really starting to get into the highlands now. The snow was low on the Cairngorm Mountains and we felt it as soon as we stepped from the train. Our accommodation, shared with Sarah and Chris and the two…
Stirling Castle
And who do we see on first entering the grounds? Robert the Bruce, of course! In 1314 he took back Stirling Castle from the English at the battle of Bannockburn. Stirling Castle is at the centre of a lot…
Scotland – the Highlands
We started our brief tour of Scotland by staying in Menstrie, a small town near Stirling. We were very kindly hosted here by a new-found Ferguson cousin, Mary, and her husband Mike. The subject of this particular post is our…
Tate Modern
On my recent visit to London I had a morning spare so went off to the Tate Modern art gallery. Taking the Underground to Blackfriars Station, you exit onto Farringdon St, turn left and the Thames is just a few…
Liverpool Wrap-up
One of our excursions on the Sunday was to see the “Another Place” installation by Antony Gormley on Crosby beach. According to the artist, it “harnesses the ebb and flow of the tide to explore man’s relationship with nature”. Hmmm.…
More Liverpool Highlights
Liverpool is a very vibrant city and this skyline shot across the Mersey picks up the interesting mix of architectures old and new. Zooming in, you then see that they go and spoil it all by adding in the wind…
An English Country Garden
Still on the topic of our Liverpool long weekend, there were some great photo opportunities right in Ruth and John’s back yard where they have a well-tended garden. Although it was late autumn, there were still plenty of flowers around…