Tongue to Dunnet Bay

The weather is poor today. Windy and heavy rain showers means it’s not a great day for sightseeing. The drive over the bog (yes endless boggy barren landscape) to Thurso was pleasant but due to such low cloud there’s not … Continue reading

Durness or BOOM

A wonderful drive from Scourie to Tongue (yup, how cool is that and it’s at th mouth of the sea!). Maximum speeds of 30mph through the single track roads up via Durness and Europe’s largest live bombing range, you could … Continue reading

Gairloch to Ardmair

Lovely drive today up and down the highlands to the windiest point so far. Ardmair Point is on a windy headland and it’s sideways rain howling at us. We stopped at Mungasdale bay to wander along the pretty beach and … Continue reading

Dornie to Gairloch

It’s official! We joined the North Coast 500 today at Loch Carron and experienced very narrow single track roads, grumpy locals (darn tourists driving oversized motor homes on my lanes….) and incredible scenery. 24 miles of a single track road … Continue reading

There Can Be, Only One!

A trip from Glencoe across to Eilean Donan via Fort William and of course the chance to scale Ben Nevis But then to Eilean Donan Castle and the chance for Mrs Fogg to visit the set of her favouritist film … Continue reading

Onwards and Upwards

A relaxing evening in between rain showers and now a rise up in the mist ready for the journey to Eilean Donan Castle (for those of you not in the know this is the castle featured in Mrs Foggs favourite … Continue reading

Hike anyone?

What’s not to like? Fresh air, beautiful scenery and wonderful company. Oh, wait, unless your hubby dislikes walking! Darn. Beautiful location in Glencoe. Even the heavy rain stopped briefly … Continue reading