Thirty years ago Ann and I visited Niagara Falls in the pouring rain. In fact it was raining so hard you couldn’t see where the rain...

The first day was spent recovering from the journey, sorting out nebuliser issues with the help of friends (more about things to consider...

We had an early start to get from Terminal 4 to Terminal 2 for 9am. It doesn’t sound far, but with all our luggage a 15 minute walk from the hotel, a lift to the underground station, waiting for the train, the short ride followed by more lifts and a 20 minute walk from the next underground station into the terminal, we felt we had done 50,000 steps by the time we got to check in! Checking in was straightforward. Racheal had been given allowance for an extra suitcase in the ho

An apt choice for her bedtime story the night before our next adventure! We set off this morning to catch the train to Heathrow,...

We left Saddell heading for our final Scottish destination of our six week tour, Oban, following the A83 up the west coast of Kintyre to...

When we left Mull, We drove from Oban for a couple of hours down the Kintyre Peninsula to Saddell. We had booked a Landmark Trust...

Having followed the main road on Mull, a single track road with passing places, for 50 minutes we turned off down a winding lane then...

We decided to spend our only full day at Glen Nevis taking the train from Fort William to Mallaig. This is one of the prettiest train...

With the car once more loaded, we set off to Glen Nevis youth hostel, at the foot of Ben Nevis, near Fort William. This turned out to be...

We had three nights, therefore two full days, at Helmsdale. Having spent the first day mostly in the car, we didn’t want to drive so far...

When we moved on to Helmsdale Lodge Youth Hostel, we took the main road to Inverness, then crossed the Black Isle to Cromarty, pausing...

After a choppy sailing from Lerwick to Aberdeen when the best place to be was asleep in our cabin, we drove to Montrose to meet up with a...

We spent 5 nights on Shetland, our longest stay in one place during the whole Scotland adventure. We’ve covered the length and breadth of...

We spent a comfortable, but short, night in one of the accessible cabins on the NorthLink ferry from Kirkwall to Lerwick. We didn’t board...

The ferry from Scrabster to Stromness takes 90 minutes, passing by the island of Hoy and its famous stack, The Old Man of Hoy. We were...

This interesting wall was on the outside of one of the craft units at Balnakiel craft village, right up in the northwest corner of...

Whilst staying at Inchnadamph, we had two full days to explore the area. The first we spent in Ullapool sampling a haddock wrap from the...

Leaving Applecross, we followed the North Coast 500 on, mostly, single track roads to Gairloch. There weren’t too many other vehicles on...

We drove from Inverness to Applecross via Lochcarron, where we found an accessible cafe for lunch followed by a short walk along the...

Watch the short video below for a little review of Inverness Youth Hostel’s accessible room. We were able to give Racheal a shower here...