Fairies...quite literally

I'm rather partial to a spot of wild swimming when I get the opportunity. It doesn't get much better than swimming in the Fairy Pools of Glen Brittle on Skye. There is a whole series of plunge pools, eroded away by the mountain stream coming off the Cuillins. We swam there last week. Gorgeous, gorgeous , gorgeous.

My adrenalin was so high that I didn't even find the water cold. It's just the best feeling to see life from a different perspective both literally and emotionally. The buzz is a high one.

We had just moved onto our second fairy pool when two blokes turned up. One of them asked us if the clear bristling water was really cold - we lied and said it was just fine. His friend encouraged him to get in there. He popped his trunks on and got his........ fairy wings out. What a brilliant moment. We all gave him a round of spontaneous applause and wondered why we hadn't thought to pack our own wings. It rounded off a wonderful wild swim.

Enterprise in the middle of nowhere

We had a lovely surprise on a walk we did on Skye last week. We were in the middle of nowhere with a little cottage in the distance and we came across a wee self-help café.

Hot water, coffee, tea, cold drinks in flasks and cool boxes all at £1 a shot. We tucked in. Alas the home baking had already been scoffed.

Shimmering beasties

Lots of adventures over the last two weeks on our holiday to Scotland. Came across these beautiful beasties - I can assure you they are real sculptures, even though they look quite surreal. They are the Kelpies near Falkirk. Apparently kelpies are mythical horses with the strength of ten which reflects the industry that once dwelt in and around Falkirk. They rise out of the water near the river and the canal and are breathtaking.