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I’ve just come down from the Isle of Skye…

Trish Burgess Posted on18/05/202518/05/2025 Edinburgh, Fingal, Scotland, Skye Leave a Comment
Fingal hotel in Leith harbour

The opening line of Andy Stewart’s ‘Donald, Where’s Your Troosers?’ seems a great way to start a blog post about a wonderful trip to Scotland to stay on the Isle of Skye. Well it...

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The taste of Scotland: Dean Banks at the Pompadour and Dulse

Trish Burgess Posted on17/04/202311/02/2024 Edinburgh, Fine dining, Scotland, where to eat in Edinburgh Leave a Comment
Bread and butter and menu for Dean Banks restaurant

When chef, Dean Banks, opened his first restaurant, Haar, in St. Andrews in 2019, one of the first bookings came from the cast of the hit TV drama, Succession. Filming in Dundee at the time,...

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Mum’s Gone To Edinburgh: Glenlockhart Cottage

Trish Burgess Posted on27/02/202327/02/2023 Edinburgh, Scotland, things to do in Edinburgh, where to stay in Edinburgh Leave a Comment
Glenlockhart Cottage view from the back garden

We stayed in Glenlockhart Cottage in November 2021. I must apologise for taking so long to write about this gorgeous accommodation. I wonder if I secretly didn’t want to share this gem, in case...

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Heading for the hills in Edinburgh

Trish Burgess Posted on18/01/202218/01/2022 Edinburgh, Hills, North Berwick, Scotland Leave a Comment
Craiglockhart Hill

Have you ever tried ‘munro-bagging’? The idea is to climb one or all of the 282 Scottish mountains over 3000ft high (914m). I can’t say that’s ever been on our agenda. We love walking...

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Come on, Eileen! Finding the weird and wonderful in museums

Trish Burgess Posted on08/01/202218/01/2022 art galleries, Dunrobin Castle, Kelvingrove art gallery, museums, Scotland Leave a Comment
Kelvingrove Art Museum and Gallery

Who doesn’t love a museum which is a little bit weird and wonderful? Not for me a boring traipse around some dry old exhibits, usually accompanied by long-winded information on signage boards. I much...

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Kerrycroy: self-catering accommodation in Perthshire, Scotland

Trish Burgess Posted on21/07/202121/07/2021 Aberfeldy, accommodation in Perthshire, kerrycroy, luxury cottage, Scotland, self-catering Leave a Comment
Kerrycroy Airbnb, Aberfeldy

Last summer I had a yearning to travel after being constrained by the first lockdown. As soon as we could, we made plans to go to Scotland. We have great friends, Marion and Henry,...

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Mum’s Gone To: The Kelpies and The Falkirk Wheel

Trish Burgess Posted on04/12/201811/01/2019 Scotland, The Falkirk Wheel, The Kelpies 13 Comments
The Kelpies in Falkirk

I seem to have a thing for sculptures at the moment. Recently I wrote about the artwork we found at Thorpe Meadows in Peterborough: 17 sculptures by the River Nene. Festival Boat might have looked a...

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Diary of a long weekend at the Edinburgh Fringe – Day Four

Trish Burgess Posted on11/09/201831/10/2018 Edinburgh, Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh Tattoo, Scotland 4 Comments

A Tale of Two Cities. When Dickens wrote this book he was referring to London and Paris during the French Revolution. But Edinburgh could claim this term as it’s very much a city split...

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