As promised before, I am finally back to write my long overdue (sorry!) Augill Castle post. This will generally be a description of the castle itself, and not necessarily the experiences we had. (Forewarning, all these photos are from the Augill Castle website.) ROOM 1: The Foyer This room was
Wensleydale Cheese in the Yorkshire Dales
Although we were calling it a trip to the Lake District, Augill Castle is actually located between the Lake District National Park and the Yorkshire Dales National Park, so we decided to explore the Dales a little bit too. The landscape does feel a little different, with lower hills and
Climbing Blencathra
As we were getting ready for our trip to the Lake District I discovered that one of our friends from our morning dog walks on the beach is originally from that area, so I asked him for a recommendation for a good hike. He suggested Blencathra, which he grew up
The Town’s Ruins
So many of our blog posts have been about places we’ve gone outside of town. But St Andrews itself has some historic sights to see, as we’ve hinted at when we talked about St Andrew’s Day. The town is home to both a castle and a cathedral, but unfortunately both
More about the Highlands
As I write this, on April 19, 2019, we are actually on our second trip to the Highlands, which will get blogged about some time later. But since we’ve been more into living life than blogging it, we’re quite behind on the blog. Now with a little free time on
Early Road Trips
As we look back over our photos from this year, we realize that there were several experiences from early last fall that we never recorded permanently here on our little web diary. We’re sharing them now for a few reasons. We want to preserve the memories, of course, but we
Augill Castle
On New Year’s Eve we headed out for a few days of relaxation and exploring in the Lake District in England. We rented an E-car, loaded everyone and the dog up, and headed south. On the way through the Scottish region of Lanarkshire we made a quick pitstop. As we
Christmas in St Andrews
Here is a photo essay of what Christmas was like in St Andrews.
St Andrew’s Day
Continuing as we have been of late, catching up on our backlog of blog posts, today we’re sharing about St Andrew’s Day. Naturally, it’s the day of the feast of St Andrew, and as you might suspect, it’s an important holiday in the town of St Andrews, but more broadly,
Greetings From The Dug
Hello, friends and family, it is I, Meg, the dug! I have asked Mary Ella to translate a letter from me. We have posed it in the form of an interview, so that it would make as much sense as possible. M.E.: What do you think is your favourite part