It was a lovely, warm day in Banchory. The sun was out and it was a very pleasant drive south. Mo cooked up a new plan with her brother John to swap us over near Dundee. Mike didn’t realise there was a new plan (originally Mo was going to drive us to Edinburgh so that […]

It was warmer but overcast and we had toast and coffee at Forestside Drive and a leisurely start. Mike decided he wanted to go to Banchory Lodge for dinner. He used to take doctors there for lunch when he was a medical rep for Ciba-Geigy ( which later merged with Sandoval to form Novartis). Anyhow. […]

Overcast in Banchory this morning and definitely chilly but it soon warmed up. We set off for this cafe not far away which is part of the heritage buildings on the grounds of Crathes Castle. Everywhere seems to have a castle or manor or hall tucked away behind trees!   We had a very nice […]

We planned to set off for Auckland Airport between 9 and 9.30am for our flight leaving 2.10pm. Plenty of time to get organised first. We left right on time at 9.40. Got 100m up Howell Ave and pulled over to check if I packed my computer charger. Yes it was in the carry on. Then […]