Author Archives: 2ladiestravelling

Today Mel and I headed off to explore the Inner Hebrides – namely, the Isle of Mull, Iona and Staffa.  Now I would like to say, we wore our best tie dye t-shirts, ensured our hair was braided perfectly and sprayed liberal amounts of patchouli oil on us before picking up our staffs made ofContinue reading “Intrepid Explorers”

We have been on Skye for some time now and apart from a couple of short walks, a boat ride and traipsing round the few shops there are, we haven’t done much.  We don’t feel too guilty about this as we are on holiday after all but do think we should do a bit moreContinue reading “Off on a Yomp!”

After a couple of days at Portree campsite, Mel and I set off to pastures new – the next 3 nights are to be spent at Staffin which is on the northeast coast of Skye.  But northeast isn’t too far away from southwest and we have discovered that what looks a long distance on aContinue reading “Staffin and Edibane”

On some holidays it seems, Mel and I fly through the traffic, singing to our hearts content but on other occasions, we grind to a halt.  This holiday is clearly the latter as after only one night in Scotland, we struggled to get to our destination of the beautiful Isle of Skye.

I was on the phone to Mel’s daughter Louise tonight and was sharing with her the dramas of site showers and she said I should write about them so others could have a laugh at our expense.  So here goes.

In a previous post, I mentioned Butt Plug and also promised to tell you about him (we assume he’s male but can’t claim to be correct).

As Ethel is the main star of these travel blogs, it seems rude not to introduce to her early on. Mel and I bought her in the middle of the pandemic as we thought the prices would rise once restrictions were lifted. And we were right as when it became clear that holidays abroad wouldContinue reading “Ethel!”