For the past few years we’ve had our summer holidays on the idyllic Isle of Muck in the Small Isles off the west of Scotland (map).
The sea may look like the Mediterranean but, believe me, it’s much more bracing. With our dear friends Kerry and Athena (and our other dear friends Chris, Angeni, Michele, Emma, Yoni and Daniel — but they don’t come into this story so much) we rented a lovely cottage just 20m from the white sands of Gallanach Bay and a great time was had by all with lots of swimming and walking, finding of shells and milking of cows, eating cakes in the tea shop and falling in bogs. Continue reading