Denmark takes time For instant gratification the Scottish Highlands take some beating. Denmark is different. Utterly different. This is an entirely calmer place and its beauty takes time to recognise. After two nights of pleasant places, exciting houses, but less than exciting scenery we headed further north. Crossing some of the marsh lands felt like […]
Author: Kelvin Collins
Does England have the smallest houses in Europe? A view from the road.
Does house size matter? I believe it does, but I don’t necessarily believe bigger is better. As we drove through Belgium I was stuck by the size of plots, and the houses that sat on them. The individuality was exciting too. In Germany the size increased still further, but the individuality wasn’t there. Sorry Germany, […]
Belgium, three German lakes and Hamburg.
Leaving Britain for a while. We wake in Brighton, on the street side. A walk in the park for Polly, a wave goodbye to James, and onwards. At the Channel Tunnel terminal, a Swiss E-type convention. More Jaguars than I’ve ever seen in the same place, and each worth a fortune. More interesting to me, […]
Our North Coast 500. In 1000 words.
Mountains. Lochs. Sea. Heathland and bog. Loch sides. Beach sides. Roadsides. Pub car parks and campsites. Haggis. Chips. Macaroni cheese. Great beer and a fair few drams. Take a month if you have it. Our two weeks was just about enough. Whatever you do take as long as you can. But if you have a […]
Smoo, Scourie, Beinn Eighe and Loch Ness.
Smoo. Cool name. Small place. We camped in the Smoo Cave Hotel and ate there too. The hotel’s seasonal cliental is a curious mix. Hard living locals at their only watering hole, playing pool, the juke box, and probably having a scrap now and then. And rather genteel tourists feeling out of place but excited […]
The Crask Inn
I intend to keep stories short and sweet, ideally a weekly catch up, but this lonely place deserves its own post. The Crask Inn. Lairg. The Crask Inn could be Britain’s most remote inn. It’s certainly one of the most rewarding. Of course any measure of extremes depends on the author, so let me set […]