A Leap of Faith!?

After all the months of the pandemic and more to come, who would start a new travel blog!? I am trying to be optimistic, although some days I feel far from it.
All our planned trips for this year were cancelled so we have booked a motorhome and plan to take off to Scotland and the Islands for a few weeks. Some friends have already indicated that they would like  to hear about our trip and Michael is keen for me to do it so that he will be able to keep track of where we have been! So here goes! 

Thought I  start with a few photos taken in the last week on some short training walks.  The light has been great for photos.









Michael is wombling every time he goes for a walk! Twiston Mill House, our home for 20 years, is nestled in the dip behind him.

I plan to blog every few days and I hope you enjoy it.

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