Tag Archives: highlands

Billy visits Scotland – Lys-Na-Greyne B&B

Posted on January 13, 2022 by imagesbytdashfield

We all thought we had a little slice of heaven when we stayed at this BnB in Aboyne, Scotland. A quick recap as I have written about it before, this Edwardian granite house was built in 1912 and is nestled … Continue reading →

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Billy Visits Scotland – Eilean Donan Castle

Posted on January 11, 2022 by imagesbytdashfield

After we had quite a lovely (and filling) breakfast at our BnB on the Isle of Skye we were on the road again. There was an option to take a bit of a detour to head to the famous Urquhart … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday – Scotland

Posted on September 16, 2021 by imagesbytdashfield

The last time we traveled out of the country we went to Scotland and it was a most wonderful driving through the highlands trip. I was going through my files to move some of them to a new external hard … Continue reading →

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Billy visits Scotland – Portree, Isle of Skye part 2

Posted on May 15, 2020 by imagesbytdashfield

In Portree we stayed at the Roses Bed and Breakfast which is run by Andy and Lian Na, an absolutely wonderful couple who own and run this wee little bed and breakfast.  There are only two guest rooms in the … Continue reading →

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2018 – It was a year!

Posted on December 27, 2018 by imagesbytdashfield

The sands of time are winding down and old man 2018 is getting ready to shuffle off to make room for the new baby 2019.  I didn’t get to meet any of you fellow bloggers this year as I have in … Continue reading →

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Continuing on the Isle of Skye

Posted on October 18, 2018 by imagesbytdashfield

Heading north on the A87 after having left the beautiful sights around Sligachan we stopped at a pullover area to take in this view of Uig Bay which is nestled on Loch Snizort which leads to the Sea of the … Continue reading →

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Mallaig

Posted on September 13, 2018 by imagesbytdashfield

The village of Mallaig, on the west coast of the Highlands of Scotland , was founded in the 1840s, when Lord Lovat, owner of North Morar Estate, divided up the farm of Mallaigvaig into seventeen parcels of land and encouraged his tenants to move to … Continue reading →

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On the road to…

Posted on August 21, 2018 by imagesbytdashfield

We had left Oban that morning and were on track to head to something this road was taking us to.  The view was just so amazing that I had to pull over and get out into the road and capture … Continue reading →

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Castle Fraser

Posted on August 2, 2018 by imagesbytdashfield

Castle Fraser – with a core that dates possibly back to the 1450’s –  is one of Scotland’s largest tower houses with quite a few things inside to see including going up to the top of the round tower for … Continue reading →

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Oh the castles I have seen!

Posted on July 7, 2018 by imagesbytdashfield

Besides the glorious landscapes in Scotland, I wanted to see as many castles as I could get to… and a few of them took some getting to!  I have a preference for the really old castle ruins but there were … Continue reading →

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