Glen Affric has been on the top of the adventure list for a while now, but I’ve always put it off because it is too long a journey to do in only a day from where I live. But it had been a long time since I stayed in a hotel. Nearly two years! Hotels have become a strange place because of the pandemic. There were so many questions and…
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An Escape to Somewhere Familiar
Read moreWhen I start to feel overwhelmed with work and life, I look for ways to cope and feel better. I’ve found that escaping to somewhere familiar makes me feel better. With a week off work, my fiancé and I changed our usual workweek into a week of adventure! Some days were more exciting than the others and it was hard trying to fight off the anxiety, but by escaping somewhere…
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The Jacobite Express
Read moreOkay, not Hogwarts with the castle, the broomsticks, and the potion ingredients. But you can get a steam train across the West Highlands of Scotland and see the same scenery from the films! The steam train and the sights are all you need for Hogwarts to be real. I had my first journey on the Jacobite Express back in 2019 and more recently in May 2021. The Jacobite is a…
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The Glenfinnan Viaduct All To Myself
Read moreOver the last year, we all haven’t made many new memories. We’ve not had many things happen that we’d like to remember. But sometimes memories aren’t planned. They aren’t something you do everything in your power to make happen. They just happen. And that’s something I was recently gifted with. I had the Glenfinnan Viaduct all to myself. Well, along with my fiancé! We sat on the hillside looking at…