Tales from the Cottage

Sunday, 6 May 2012

29 April 2012 - Dunollie Castle

Next stop - and only a few miles down the road from Dunstaffnage Castle - was Dunollie Castle. While Dunstaffnage isn't exactly in the best of condition, its a whole lot better than Dunollie.

This is the view from inside the castle - first floor.

Double glazing is missing.

Safety sign letting you know of "recent" stone falls. Dated 1997.

Sign underneath asking for donations to help repair Dunollie. Doesn't seem like they've been given too much in the last 15 years.

View from the castle looking back towards Oban - the ferry is on its way out to the islands.

29 April 2012 - Dunstaffnage Castle

Today, we headed towards Oban and our first stop was Dunstaffnage Castle. This castle was apparently built before 1725 and has some pretty strong historical links as not only was it captured by Robert the Bruce, it was also a prison for Flora McDonald - that pesky Bonnie Prince Charlie has a lot to answer for.

10 March 2012 - Cottage

Look at our new neighbour - he's a bit scary.

Sunday, 23 October 2011

Sicily - Hire car

When we arrived at Catania airport late at night, it took us a wee while to find the car hire desk, but we eventually got to it and went through all the paperwork etc. The girl on the desk said that the car had no damage but we should check it before we left. As it was around 11 at night and dark it wasn't easy to see any potential damage however after a quick look round we saw a few scratches and this on the wing mirror:

Drove the car over to the car hire desk and pointed out the wing mirror - apparently, that sort of damage "is nothing". I began to get afraid of driving in Italy - and this was before I had to follow a police car at speed through the countryside, but thats another story.

Monday, 17 October 2011

Day 1 October 2011 - Sicily

Pictures from our holiday in Ragusa in Sicily. Stayed at the Donnafugata Golf Resort & Spa which was lovely.

View of the pool area.

Sunday, 16 October 2011

15 October 2011 - Sicily

Views of the resort gardens and grounds.

View from our terrace.

Those Porsches get everywhere!!

Games room at the resort. Played pool there some evenings.

More views of the resort.

The pool area.

Our room and terrace on the ground floor.

It's a hard life but someone has to do the sunbathing!!!

Amber has a great way of ensuring factor 50 sun protection!

Andew found time to relax too by the pool.

14 October 2011 - Sicily

Our lovely room in the Donnafugatta resort.

The hallway leading to our room.

13 October 2011 - Sicily

Porsche were hosting a golfing tournament at our resort and some of the guests had nice cars.

Headed out to Ragusa Ibla, which is the older part of Ragusa. Much of it was destroyed in the earthquake of 1683 but some of the buildings have been restored.