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Beinn Luibhean and Beinn Ime

Christmas hillwalk with Douglas. A new Corbett, a friendly mouse and old familiar Munro.
29th December 2025. 10 photos. 1040 views.

Thinking of Gus

The microlight club Christmas night out with thoughts and thanks to our absent friend.
4th December 2025. 56 photos. 927 views.

Chilly NB Wander

28th November 2025. 8 photos. 856 views.

Simon Yates

An entertaining evening at a lecture by mountaineer Simon Yates talking about his lifetime of climbing.
14th November 2025. 5 photos. 830 views.

Red

We used another city centre campervan overnighter to visit the "Alfred Buckham - Daredevil (Aerial) Photographer" exhibition in the National Portrait Gallery. The exhibition was excellent with his stories and anecdotes as entertaining as the aerial photography itself. After that, but before a refreshment and a bite, we wandered the city for a while and it quickly became evident that "red" would be the theme. It happened to be the day between Remembrance Sunday and Remembrance Day and the city was illuminated in red. A decent autumn sunset added yet more.
10th November 2025. 20 photos. 795 views.

Napoli Trip

Three amazing days in the bonkers city that is Napoli. We loved it.
20th October 2025. 4 albums. 561 views.

Pubs, Walks and Waterfalls

We took a weekend van tour in Yorkshire and turned it into an unexpected four-nighter dictated by the weather back home. With iffy weather and no real plan, we seemed oddly attracted to pubs and waterfalls; an unlikely combination but one that worked well. There was a little bit of walking in between, passing a waterfall or two, on route to the pub, usually! The final tally was six pubs, all featuring here, and definitely more than six waterfalls. Special mention should go to railway themed Ribblehead with its viaduct and its Station Inn, both excelling in what they do. The weather was bleak up there, but wow, what a place.
5th October 2025. 35 photos. 809 views.

The Hill House

We visited Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterpiece in Helensburgh and unexpectedly felt parallels with its story of commissioning a renowned architect and great personal friend to design a domestic house. Sadly though, desperate attempts are now having to be made to save the building from a complete deterioration due to the fatal mistake in Mackintosh’s choice of external render. Unlike our architect his genius was flawed!!
22nd September 2025. 15 photos. 874 views.

The Wee Hebrides

We pointed the van at the west coast for a short break, the length of which was uncertain for reasons I'll not bore the reader with. The weather forecast was a bit uncertain too, though that all turned out pretty well in the end. We visited the small islands of Kererra, Seil and Luing, as well as exploring around Crinan and down the long peninsula to Tayvallich and Carsaig. All camp spots were off-grid and all, even including the last one near Helensburgh, were superb. Along the way we took in the heritage museum at Kilmartin and the outstanding Mackintosh Hill House at Helensburgh - see separate blog for that: graemeritchie.com/The-Hill-House
19th September 2025. 34 photos. 835 views.

City Centre Campervanning

Making the most of the van and the city to have a wander and a bite to eat while searching for Murphies, all the while being perfectly positioned for hospital visiting in the morning.
16th September 2025. 17 photos. 774 views.

Partially Sunny Dunny

A wander from East Links to Dunbar Harbour and back, unexpectedly bumping into Bob Street and his dog, with a good drenching just before we got back to the van.
11th September 2025. 5 photos. 802 views.

New Town Wander

Second time out and about with the X100V. No decent light this time though, so harder work.
7th September 2025. 8 photos. 762 views.

Edinburgh With The X100V

First time out with the Fujifilm.
31st August 2025. 18 photos. 850 views.

Edinburgh Street Disaster

Abruptly ended with a catastrophic "dad moment".
27th August 2025. 11 photos. 805 views.

Hotel Califonia (Near Falkirk)

We took a fun "24 hour holiday" to Peebles, not Falkirk, to see Hotel Califonia - an Eagles-esque band that we'd seen before in Haddington and been unexpectedly impressed by.
We parked the van and took a walk along the Tweed a bit and up a little hill overlooking the town, leaving time for a beer and a bar supper before the show. They band were decent enough, given the middle-of-the-road tunes they have to work with, but it was a little disappointing that the presence of a new vocalist meant standout man, Al King, did a bit less of the singing this time - we were really only there for him.
Another reason for going though, was to see the Eastgate Theatre - Richard's church conversion, now over 20 years old. We'd never made it upstairs past the cafe on previous visits. Just before the show we bumped into flying student Mike Davidson. I'll whisper it to Richard, but he got the one seat in the house with the restricted view. Oops. The theatre was lovely though.
After a blether with Mike, we stealth camped in the town centre, and early next morning wandered past the theatre again to take a few more photos on the way for a catchup with flying friends and Peebles residents Pawel and Kasia.
24th August 2025. 14 photos. 792 views.

Another Doors Open Day

One of the many warm, sunny days in the summer of 2025.
12th August 2025. 14 photos. 801 views.

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