The Royal Academy. Another nice day, with not too much going on. The morning started out with a lovely view of one of the foxes that live behind Hilary and…

Richmond and Kingston-Upon-Thames. Hilary and I had a lovely day (Claudio took the “day off,” as he put it, from travels) in Richmond, in Southwest London, and then Kingston-Upon-Thames, a…

London to Edinburgh and Dunfermline. I left Hilary and Claudio around 10:30, heading for Kings Cross station, from where I caught a noon train for Edinburgh, en route to meet…

Elana and the Northern Highlands of Scotland. I slept well, but was up early so I could make sure I was at the airport by 8 for Elana, without quite…

To the Isle of Skye and Back. Wow, what a day! We got off to a slow and late start, but that was fine, and we took care of some…

The NC 500 to John O’ Groats: Top the World. Today was a long day, but a good one (of course), out on the road for about 10½ hours all…

Western Highlands: Rogie Falls, Corrieshalloch Gorge, and Ullapool. Great day, and we met our goal at being back in Fortrose by 7 pm today, and eating dinner locally (but our…

To Edinburgh. We packed up and parted ways with our cottage in Fortrose and hit the road, heading south toward Edinburgh, stopping along the way for a short visit to…

From Scotland to the Faroe Islands. We had planned to go into Edinburgh again this morning and spend a couple of hours before returning the rental car and checking in…

Faroe Islands: Streymoy. The weather was lovely – not particularly warm, but certainly warm enough, getting into the mid-60s I think, and never too cold, with clear skies and no…