“Can I have your name and number, please?” The customer looked confused. “Sorry, what number?” “Your phone number. You know, for track and trace” the waitress replied, patiently. “Oh yes, of course. Do you know that I have been away … Continue reading Travels in the Time of Covid – Part 2
Who could resist a visit to the ancestral home of John Buchan’s hero of The Thirty-Nine Steps, Richard Hannay? Not us, anyway. Sorbie Tower, near Wigtown is another sixteenth-century tower house, like the Castle of Park where we were staying. … Continue reading Another Castle in Scotland
What could be a more romantic way to celebrate a wedding anniversary than a weekend in a castle? Not much. But Scotland, in February? With my record for accidentally ending up in an unheated hotel in sub-zero temperatures, a 16th-century … Continue reading A Castle in Scotland
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