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KEEP THE ENGINE RUNNING

KEEP THE ENGINE RUNNING

July 9, 2021July 9, 2021 3 Comments

After Cromarty we headed south, powered by the fumes of a fuming Mrs RM. For a while it looked like we’d run out of fuel before reaching Aviemore, having failed to spot a single service station on the A9 from Inverness down. But Mrs RM’s spotless directions led me to the BP garage just past… Continue reading KEEP THE ENGINE RUNNING

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AT LAST, THE ANDERSON

AT LAST, THE ANDERSON

July 7, 2021July 9, 2021 4 Comments

I like this home-made GBG 2020 (from the year the GBG was delayed) so much you can see it again; Perhaps the Anderson will be the only pub in the Guide in an uncertain future where real ale drinkers stay at home waiting for Covid restrictions to be fully withdrawn and Dark Fruits rules the… Continue reading AT LAST, THE ANDERSON

FortroseHighlandsScottish pubsThe Anderson
SHANG-A-LANG

SHANG-A-LANG

July 5, 2021July 6, 2021 13 Comments

I’m old enough to have enjoyed Balamory as a dad, but too young to have appreciated the merits of the Bay City Rollers in the mid-70s. The Spiderman Musical OST was more my thing at 10. I only mention the Rollers as they were the only thing memorable about the Stronlossit in Roybridge, just south… Continue reading SHANG-A-LANG

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THE CHRONICLE OF NAIRN-IA

THE CHRONICLE OF NAIRN-IA

November 3, 2019November 3, 2019 10 Comments

Oh, come on, what would you have come up with ? It’s certainly in a magical location, with a view across the Moray Firth to Cromarty and the start of the UK’s biggest GBG desert (next Guide stop John O’ Groats). Charlie Chaplin used to come here on holiday. Sadly his NBSS scores for the… Continue reading THE CHRONICLE OF NAIRN-IA

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