summer Archive

  • The Big Knicker Shop

    The Big Knicker Shop

    Yes Ladies, you can still get them, for all shapes and sizes of bums. In a small town called Dollgellau near the Royal Hotel is a relic to the past. Ronnie Barker would have been proud to have this outlet as a compliment to his corner shop. Inside were functional clothes for all weathers and even [...]

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  • The Three Peaks finally done!

    The Three Peaks finally done!

    It took a while but I finally managed to climb all three of the mainland summits – Scafell, Ben Nevis and Snowdon (in that order). I would need to get a calculator out to approximate the number of days it took, but who cares. Anyhow, climbing Snowdon (Yr Widdfa) was relatively easy and could have [...]

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  • Over the sea to Skye

    Over the sea to Skye

    Alfredo was like a child in a candy shop. He had arrived at his all time favourite castle and the sun was out, the sky was blue and it wasn’t raining. He was in heaven. All he had to do was get all of the castle into his Canon camera! Meanwhile, the other tourists were doing [...]

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  • How windy can it get?

    How windy can it get?

    Sandra & Alfredo decided that the wee pimple that is Arthur’s Seat would be fine to walk up one evening. Thing is they didn’t reckon on the wee breeze from Scandinavia which was cold and very, very strong. Sandra had all three ‘vestitos’ on, plus a fleece and wind jacket and still couldn’t believe this was [...]

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  • A very old Image

    A very old Image

    A street artist uses his chalks to create a masterpiece on the streets of Edinburgh.

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