I can hardly believe we have finished another housesit at Culbokie! Now on to Inverness, about a 25 minute drive for a few days.

After Nairn we made a quick day trip on a Saturday to Aberdeen, the far eastern side of Scotland. Can you say wind and rain?

Some days you pick a town and go, and hope you’ll find something good.

Another local excursion sent us to the little town of Beauly to see the Beauly Priory. It’s old, from 1236 or thereabouts: Beauly Priory was…

Extracurricular activities are super fun! This year we made a conscious effort to somehow get out into the community (the lack of language barrier helps!)…

A quick road trip to Speyside country, the centre of some of the most famous whisky in the world (ever heard of Balvenie or Glenfiddich?) there sits in the middle Logie Steading.

Last year we knew about the Fyrish Monument and promised ourselves this year we would hike to the top.

The next week we decided we must see the falconry show at Dunrobin Castle. It was so good we caught both shows, morning and afternoon.

Last year we went to the Resolis School Faire but we were a few days late for it, so this year we caught the Culbokie Primary school faire instead.

We are nature lovers and take very opportunity we can to get out and get dirty and also learn something (don’t tell the kids, ha!)