trottyworld

I start writing this well wrapped up as I listen to the rain beating against our windows. But although the weather outside is not conducive...

Our travels around these Isles have repeatedly put us in touch with both the lives of people who share them with us today and with those wh...

Having moved very definitely now into a period of strong winds and rain we find ourselves once again at sea in rough conditions, far roughe...

One of the nice things about travelling slowly around Britain is being able to get to know the places we stop at on the way, places that st...

Weather in the area of Scotland where we are now floating tends to follow a fairly typical pattern during the months of May or June in most...

Despite having walked, climbed and now sailed in and around Scotland I had always assumed that the term 'Highlands' was a man-made ...

A hundred or so years ago when Clyde paddle steamers brought holiday-makers to Bute in their thousands, the masses were landed at the main ...

The arrival of the warmest weather this year has seen fit to bless us with has coincided with our floating around an idyllic natural playgr...