When you head north in Scotland, into the wide area usually labelled Highlands and Islands on maps, you will find not only amazing scenery, but also, as you go to more remote areas, more single lane roads. Driving on these roads is difficult. As a driver you have a lot of things to balance. You… Continue reading The Art of the Passing Place
Author: Michelle Kn Stone
Australian-born London-dweller. I love books, travel, my garden, my husband and sunshine but not necessarily in that order.
Train Travel
The countryside whips by, villages passing in the blink of an eye, their stations so small I can't even work out the name before they disappear. Fields of bright yellow flowers, fields of deep brown dirt. Fields of cows and sheep and horses. Prosperous towns. Depressed and shut down looking towns. Warehouses. Factories. Power plants.… Continue reading Train Travel
Change
They say a change is as good as a holiday. Well that is not true at all. A holiday can be a change but a change is not necessarily a holiday. In fact a change can be more work. But ultimately change can be a good thing. I am moving desks this week. I like… Continue reading Change
Apples
I’ve often thought the reason I have never really successfully taken on board another language is because I love my own language too much. That’s not to say I am not interested in learning another language – I have tried, over the years, French, German, Spanish and Russian. And I also speak a little bit… Continue reading Apples
The Journey Begins
So I'm writing a blog. Everyone else is doing it so why not me too? I plan to write about things that interest me or occur to me or maybe about books I read or place I've visited. Let's see how it goes. My views are my own. Good company in a journey makes the… Continue reading The Journey Begins
Tales from Tobhamhor 