life Celebrating two years in Milan & Switzerland For our wedding anniversary this year we escaped to Italy and Switzerland for a long weekend. We've wanted to go back to Switzerland since our Zermatt trip in January 2015 (I wrote about
life Is this really Scotland? Blue skies, turquoise water, white sand beaches. At just under four hours drive from Edinburgh, the Silver Sands of Morar on Scotland's east coast can be reached. We camped for two nights at
life 28 in Loch Tay My third visit to Loch Tay in Perthshire and this time it was to celebrate my 28th birthday. Relaxing in front of a cosy fire, trips to a local pub and frosty walks
life A week in Ibiza Ibiza wasn't the first place that came to mind when I'd think of where to go for a family holiday to celebrate a surprise 60th birthday. But that's where we ended up going,
life Three Days on the Isle of Skye I've wanted to go to Skye ever since moving to Scotland almost eight years ago. Jon & I agreed that we wouldn't leave Scotland before we visited, and so we finally made it
life Where We Stayed in Barcelona During our five day trip to Barcelona we stayed four nights in two wonderful hotels. Since it was a special trip for us (our first wedding anniversary), we wanted to stay somewhere memorable.
life 5 Days in Barcelona Barcelona or Iceland were our two choices for where we would spend our first wedding anniversary. The sunshine won in the end and we spent five wonderful days in sunny Barcelona. In High
life Mallorca We spent 5 days exploring the beautiful and diverse island of Mallorca. I'm not sure why we had never though of visiting Mallorca before, but I am so glad we did. We stayed
life 72 hours in Copenhagen: Day 3 Monday // Day 3 Our final day in Copenhagen began with more Danish pastries. We walked round the corner from our AirBnB and down a small alley to a Laura's Bakery - yum! We
life 72 Hours in Copenhagen: Day 2 Sunday // Day 2 After a little lie in and still feeling full from last night's meal, we shared a leftover danish pastry that we brought back from Laura's Bakery yesterday to start us
travel 72 Hours in Copenhagen: Day 1 Our long weekend trip to Copenhagen began with a flight from Edinburgh with Ryanair. The flights were under £50pp return, and took less than 2 hours (enough time for a couple of podcasts)
wedding Honeymoon in the Maldives The Maldives was exactly what we wanted for our honeymoon. Full relaxation on a beautiful tropical island, with blue skies and the clear Indian Ocean. It was even better than I imagined it
life Quick Weekend Trip to London Jon and I spent last weekend in London. We stayed just one night at Tower Bridge and travelled by train from Edinburgh. This was our first overnight trip to London together and we
Around Edinburgh Seacliff Beach & Bass Rock This weekend was Jon's birthday weekend (hooray!) and we spent our Saturday in East Lothian. We started the day at Seacliff beach (they normally have a barrier charging £2 per car for parking
travel Zermatt, Switzerland (video) Jon & I recorded a few video clips whilst we were in Zermatt, and I stuck them together to make the video above. (sorry about the youtube music...) You can see all our
travel Zermatt, Switzerland (in the sun) The alarm went off on Sunday and we jumped to the end of the bed to open the blinds. It was still pretty dark outside but as our eyes adjusted we could make
travel Zermatt, Switzerland (in the fog & snow) A few weeks ago Jon & I took a 2-night trip to Zermatt. It was our first trip to Switzerland together and it was beautiful. We flew cheap with Easyjet to Basel and
travel We're Engaged! For our 9 year anniversary Jon took us away up North to Perthshire. It was a surprise trip, that somehow he managed to keep secret. We stayed at a beautiful cabin for 2
travel Loch Tay, Scotland Last weekend Jon & I went up north to Loch Tay with 2 of our friends and their black labrador pup. This was our second time staying in Loch Tay (we stayed in
travel Glencoe Camping At the end of August Jon and I went on a trip up north to Glencoe. Neither of us had visited Glencoe before. On the drive up I read a bit about the
Around Edinburgh Inchcolm Island & South Queensferry As mentioned previously, my Dad came up to Edinburgh to visit and on the Sunday we went across to Inchcolm Island. The boat to Inchcolm leaves from South Queensferry, right under the Forth
Around Edinburgh Rosslyn Chapel Last weekend my Dad came up to visit us in Edinburgh. Since he's been to Edinburgh a few times we decided to venture out to places just outside of the city. On Saturday
walk Ben Vorlich - Munro #2 There are 282 Munros in Scotland and this is our second (Ben Lomond was our first). Ben Vorlich is 985m (3,232ft) high. We parked the car at Loch Earn and followed the
life Mountain Biking at Glentress A few weeks back Jon and I went mountain biking at 7Stanes Glentress. We went to celebrate his 24th birthday (hooray!) and it was so much fun. I was pretty nervous about going
travel Insta Update London. Two weekends ago I took a trip to London to visit a Uni friend. It was so much fun. We went out Saturday night and slept until 12 on Sunday. We did