Scotiana

 
Hi everybody,
BONNE ANNEE A TOUS !!!
We’re just coming back from Sologne where we spent the New Year holidays not far from Aubigny-sur-Nère and a few kilometers from two of the most famous châteaux de la Loire: Chambord and Cheverny.
 
Cheverny is the castle which served as a model to the Belgian comic book creator Hergé for [...]

 
 
In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time:the articulate audible voice of the Past,
when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream.
(Thomas Carlyle)

 
Hi everybody,
Day after day, we’re adding colourful pieces to our great Scottish mosaic and when we aren’t roaming the beautiful roads of Scotland we [...]

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Blooming rhododendrons at the entrance of Hoddom Castle, in Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland © 2006 Scotiana

Just try to imagine what it can be to get asleep and wake up in the shade of an old castle, to be immersed in the silent atmosphere of such a place when the only sounds [...]

 
Hi everybody !
In a recent post about golf, I’ve mentioned Hoddom Castle for its quiet and beautiful golf links, promising to tell you more about the castle itself in another post. Standing as it is, amidst a vast wooded estate which has been partly converted into a first class caravan park and campsite, [...]

Hi Mairiuna!  Hi Jean-Claude! 
I sincerely hope the weather is fine while you are roaming the roads during this festive season to visit family members and relatives in different parts of your lovely French country.
Upon your return, you will have added more than 2,000 kilometers to your car’s km counter and that is quite some mileage!
Let us take together a [...]