Applecross 2021

 Ahhhh Applecross, this holiday has been a long long long time coming 😊 but so worth it. We booked this way back in January. Self catering cottages in Scotland were filling up fast and we needed to get something in the bag. We saw there were cottages available in Applecross so booked up this wee gem, its the Jam Factory on the Applecross estate

One of the draws was the wood burning fire, it lived up to expectations! 

Toasty comfy feetsies 

Lovely kitchen

Hmmmm probably my least favourite part was the bed, memory foam …. Big ridge in the middle with slopes down the side. Not terrible but not great either. 

So cute, and a lovely location!

Sunday was the first full day and we tried to orient ourselves. The walled garden cafe was closed but we could still walk around the gardens. Still absolutely beautiful.

There  was so much reindeer moss on the estate.

We went to visit the graveyard, so interesting, the story of Malruhba who landed in 673 and is buried in this graveyard intrigued me so much.

Loved this one!

Above is the grave of Mahlruba

Monday was another lovely day, further exploring around Applecross estate and the villages along the peninsula.

How cute is this!!!

Love this man❤️

Tuesday was mostly a nice day so we walked to Sand! Great 11 mile walk, over 25k steps! which was brilliant. Not too much rain but a bit, amazing skies!

Us on the sand 😍

Wednesday was torrential rain, it just chucked it down, so we stayed mostly indoors and chilled, which was just right!

Utterly fabulous holiday and Applecross we will be back!

Holiday July 2021

Well still living in very strange times, it feels like we are slowly, hesitantly moving forwards but still a lot to play for in this whole global pandemic situation. So for our main two week break we decided to stay at home, I did get a trip up north to see folks which was nice. Scoobs got away up into the hills so it was all good. 

We were determined to walk to our local cafe - Canada Wood and have a nice boozy lunch, we looked up the weather and picked what looked to be the most promising day. All was well on the walk up, we passed by our local farm which always has a nice display of flowers.

I checked in on my fence posts

We rocked up to Canada wood and I felt I looked uber cool in my shades 😂

 

and it started to rain 😂

did we let this deter us???

did we heck as like!!!

ach it was good fun and something we must do again, it was five miles each way so I was exhausted when I got home, nothing at all to do with the three glasses of wine I consumed 😂

I also went for a walk round one of the parts of the Antonine wall we have near us, such a lovely bit to walk around.

I may have partaken of a glass or two of wine 

Poor Lloyd the Llama got knocked over by some binding.

Dignity restored!!!

I also enjoyed some gin as well as wine!

oh yes and i finished the first of the floral big cats! Panther!

Just some lovely cows

Autumn is on its way

my donkey chums have had a hair cut!

We went to Flanders Moss which was small  but very interesting

And the garden was in full bloom!

 And we saw a wee toad on the road!

All in all a very good holiday, and perhaps my last two week break 😉