Aare Böötle

The perfect way to spend a hot summers day, floating for hours on end down the crystal clear mountain river, the Aare. Starting in Thun and floating until Bern, stopping half way for a barbecue on the banks of the river. It took us about four and a half hours, including the stop for lunch,…

On top of the World

The Niesen for me is a really iconic mountain. This distinctly triangular mountain always invokes happy memories of holidays spent in Switzerland. In winter it isn’t possible to take the funicular rail to the top, so it was a real treat for our first summer trip to see the world from the top of the Niesen!…

Why you should add Thun to your Switzerland Intinerary

Little Thun is a beautiful town, much overlooked in favour of more well known Zurich or Interlaken and is a perfect base or stop over on a Switzerland trip. Okay, I will admit that I am a little biased! We have some very good friends who are from Thun, with whom we have spent many a…

Scotland Camping Photo Journal

           

Travel Mishaps – again?!

Our last full day in Scotland we woke to sunshine – yes you read correctly SUNSHINE! Eating breakfast at the campsite I watched as the level of the sun rose higher and higher over Ben Nevis, waiting until the campsite was no longer shadowed by the mighty peak and I could feel some warmth on…

Scottish Bucketlist: Glenfinnian Viaduct

We left the Isle of Skye to drive through the beautiful highland passes once again to our destination of Glen Nevis, camping for one more night before the luxury of a Bed and Breakfast on our last night. Also, if anyone was wondering how we were still camping considering our new tent broke in our…

SWISS SUMMER – COMING SOON!

Fairy Pools on the Isle of Skye

For our last morning on the Isle of Skye we decided to try to get to the fairy pools again. The first day we arrived on Skye amidst severe weather warnings the first river crossing to the pools was completely flooded with a rather rapidly flowing creek. It was not possible to cross without being washed off the bridge…

When things don’t go according to plan

The aftermath of tentageddon – our crazy first night camping on Skye meant we needed to reassess our Scotland itinerary. Originally we were staying just the two nights on the Isle of Skye then jumping on a ferry over to the Outer Hebrides island of Harris. Lured by images of the pristine white sand and…

Exploring Skye and the Fairy Glen

In true Skye style, the Fairy Glen was near impossible to find. Well, with no prior planning, no phone signal and a weirdly useless car GPS it was. In the end I had to google “how to get to the fairy glen” and my favourite website of this trip came to my rescue once again…

Neist Point Lighthouse, Cute cafes and Flora MacDonald

Our next day on the Isle of Skye was jam packed. We planned to see as much of the north end of Skye as possible, so I have decided to split what we did across two posts. After a luxuriously late start (considering we actually managed to sleep we decided we deserved it) we began…

Climbing the Storr

The weather in Scotland is unpredictable at best, and the Isle of Skye even more so. So catching a view from the top of the Old Man of Storr is not a guarantee, and we were not afforded the privilege but luckily Scotland is good at being beautifully moody when overcast and foggy. We could…