Portobello lies just 20 minutes from the centre of Edinburgh, and boasts a splendid two mile long beach, a thriving community and LOTS of wonderful restaurants and cafes. As a lover of good food, Nature and the mighty outdoors, Portobello ticked all my boxes, as the ideal location for a week long Scottish vacation. The weather was glorious throughout my […]
Scotland basked in glorious sunshine during my recent vacation, which included a day at Edinburgh International Book Festival. The Festival ran from 10-26 August, and included “creative, joyful, and interactive experiences with the world’s finest writers and thinkers.” I joined the happy crowds on Sunday 25 August. Disaster Planning Mike Berners-Lee who is a sustainability expert, and author of “There is […]
Today I am sharing a little taster from my book “Watching the Daisies – Life Lessons on the Importance of Slow” Today’ taster travels to Scotland, where I spent most of my childhood, apart from annual holidays to my parents’ homeland in Donegal, Ireland, which I am happy to now call my permanent home. Callander “On March 1954, my parents married and moved […]
Watching the Daisies 