More day tours from Blairgowrie:
"Went to Edinburgh via Perth, Glenfarg, Kinross, Kincardine Bridge, Linlithgow, Edinburgh. Went to the Edinburgh Castle, which is a large place used for civil defence. A very small chapel called…
More relatives to visit – Blairgowrie, with day trips
After a week or so staying with the Aunts in Stonehaven, Jean, and her Mum and Dad, decamped to her Uncle's home in Blairgowrie for a couple of weeks. As…
Family time in Stonehaven and Aberdeen
Jean's first tour of England and Scotland came to an end on Tuesday 12 June in Aberdeen, where she was reunited with her Mum and Dad. The next week or…
The “grandest part of the trip” continues … Loch after Loch!
"We drove within sight of Ben Nevis as we went through Fort William, snow capped, and the high mountains up here have been in patches, and clouded. Then past the…
Surveying the view that would become her daughter’s home 45 years later – the grandest part of the trip so far!
"Next morning, Nell and I were up at 5.30 to climb a hill opposite the hotel, hoping the view from the top would make it worthwhile. What a climb! Up…
Scotland at last!
"I hadn't expected to be any more thrilled with Scotland than England, but Scotland has an atmosphere of its own, a difference you can feel. They even told me later…
The Lakes District 8 & 9 June
"As a perfect end to a day like that we came to Windermere in the Lakes District. A quiet, homey guest house and most beautiful lake. We walked by the…
7 & 8 June – the gayest day so far – Blackpool
"Next day, good-riddance to Manchester. Mr Mehta had business to do in several towns on our way from Manchester. one of his cousins took us to lunch in Burnley, and…
Manchester – a “black city”, contrasted with England’s most beautiful swimming pool – 4th to 6th June
""We stayed in Manchester for 3 nights, as Noshir Mehta (our Indian friend) had business associates and friends to see there (his family runs cotton mills near Bombay). It's a…
Stratford Upon Avon – 3/4 June
"...on to Stratford Upon Avon. We went past Shakespeare's birthplace, found accommodation then out for walk. It's a very quaint English town and the river is beautiful. We went for…