If you’ve not yet watched BBC ALBA’s hour-long documentary about Charles Kennedy, can I suggest you add it to your TV watch-list? ‘Charles Kennedy, A Good Man Speaking’ profiles the late Highland MP from his upbringing in the family croft at the foot of Ben Nevis, through to his burial in its shadow five years… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Scotland
Celebrating our first Vanniversary.
While the world and their partners were getting loved up and soppy last weekend, Mr Marr and I had celebrations of our own to get busy with. We didn’t ditch St Valentine completely – cards were, after all, exchanged – but far more exciting was that last weekend was our first ‘Vanniversary’ – a whole… Read more »
The real impact of organ donation
This story gave me goosebumps – and it is nothing to do with Hallowe’en. I hope you don’t mind me sharing it with you. It’s easy to subscribe to my weekly mutterings, there’s a widget on the home page of my website. It’s free, hassle-free, ad-free and spam-free too :) Feedback and shares always welcome, Nicky I… Read more »
Yes please to Tourist Tax and for Motorhomes too!
I’m writing this in our motorhome on the shores of a wee Highland loch. Mr Marr and I stayed here last night – blissfully we had the place to ourselves. It was a low-key evening, just as we liked it. Arriving late yesterday afternoon, we lit a fire in a well-used ring of stones by… Read more »
Finding peace and solace in the mountains.
A memory from about 15 years ago resurfaced recently. I was in the Cairngorms with my mum – I can’t remember exactly where – but we’d walked in from Glen Feshie. We had day sacks and sandwiches and had set off from Inverness before 7am. The day was ours. Nothing to do but put one… Read more »
5-star experiences need 5-star staff.
I am just back from a week’s skiing in France. Not to rub it in, but the snow was fantastic, the sun shone, and we had a blast. There’s nothing like a week’s fresh air, exercise, cheese-heavy food and 10pm bed-times to recharge the batteries. One of the undeniable highlights of our holiday was the… Read more »
Motorhome life is magic…
Last autumn Mr Marr and I got an offer we couldn’t refuse; the chance to drive a motorhome around the north of Scotland. Motorhome life was something we thought we might try after we had retired, and this would give us a taster. We blanked a long weekend out of our diaries and got the… Read more »
A LITTLE GREEN OWL COULD HELP PROMOTE GAELIC…
I’m celebrating. I’ve just completed a 21-day streak with Duolingo, a language-learning app that is reminding me of the German I was taught at school. I’m a bit of a late adopter, but having finally got started, I can now see what Duolingo’s other 300 million users worldwide are raving about. So far it’s easy,… Read more »
Over-tourism? Here’s an idea…
We adopted Slow Food, are we ready for Slow Adventure? Set up in 1980s Italy, the Slow Food movement promoted eating more thoughtfully; thinking about where food comes from and preserving regional traditions, flavours and ingredients. It was the antidote to fast food. Had the word ‘mindfulness’ been around in the 80s it might very… Read more »
Goals & hard work: keys to Siobhan’s global success.
In this week of resolutions, take a leaf out of Siobhan Mackenzie’s book. Hard work, talent and determination have made hers a global brand.