InvictaMoto's Family Travels

Looking ahead to 2016. Might as well see about getting some value out of my US Visa! So far have 8 years left! But where to go? Claire would like to look at the North East, New England.  Whilst I am not attracted to much of R66, I do like the idea of the big skies and red rocks of the western movies. So I had better get working on it.

From Glencoe, our next stop was going to be three nights at Loch Ness Glamping . The journey between the two sites was about seventy miles. But with an arrival time of 4pm, we had about 7 hours to do it. Even in Scotland in the pissing rain, we'd be hard pressed to find something to do. The first stop was in Glencoe Village to take some photos of the River Coe bubbling along, and then for breakfast at a small shop cum coffee house cum cafe - Crafts & Things. Reggie-free again. Not dog friendly inside and too wet to sit outside, so Reggie stayed in the car.  😔 We liked the look of some decorated mirrors in the Charles Rennie Mackintosh style and Claire bought a couple. Photo to follow, but mirrors are difficult to photograph without acting like a mirror! So maybe not. Once away we passed the Corran Ferry, and into Fort William on the A82, right through and on towards Spean Bridge.   Neill and I stopped here on the Ashes Tour in 2013, an...

The idea was originally to set off Friday morning and drive up to the Carlisle area for an overnight stop. Given the hassles and massive tailbacks that are associated with the Dartford Crossing, I added another overnight on Thursday to get part way along the road so that we would have a pretty easy day on Friday. I chose a Days Inn near Baldock in Hertfordshire as it was cheap and dog friendly.  We packed the car and when Claire came home there were a few bits to do and we set off. Luckily later in the evening the traffic wasn't too bad through the toll tunnel at Dartford. We made good time and were soon checking into the motel on the A1 service area at Baldock. Reggie was okay in the car and despite a bit of noise he wasn't too bad overnight.  The odd bark and growl when people made noise in the hallways. As we left in the morning we saw this car in the car park. Pity the van parked so close to it! Friday we set off on the A1 route up to Scotch Corne...