UK / Scotland / Ireland - My Pleasant things

May 14, 2023

Gleneagles, Scotland

It is spring time here in Istanbul but the weather is still not that warm and raining cats and dogs from time to time, as if to let me write […]

General, Travel, UK / Scotland / Ireland Andrew Fairlie, archery, Auchterarder, Blair Castle, Braid house, British School of Falconry, Callendar House, championship golf coures, croquet, Dean village, deer stalking, Drummond Castle Gardens, Dunkeld, Edinburgh, Eiesha Bharti Pasricha, Ennismore, Equestrian Centre, falconry, Ferret School, G8 Summit, Glen Devon, Glendevon, Gleneagles, Gleneagles Townhouse, Glenturret Distillery, gun dogs, Holyrood park, horse riding, Linlithgow Palace, Loch Lomond, off-road driving, Orchil Hills, padel, Perthshire, polo lessons, Princes Street, quoit, River Tay, Riviera in the Highlands, Royal Lochnagar Suite, Royal Mile, Ryder Cup, salmon fishing, Scone Castle, Scotland, Sharan Pasricha, Shooting Fishing School, Solheim Cup, st Andrew Square, Stirling Castle, Strathearn, The Birnam, The Dormy, The Glorious Playground, Water of Leith No comments

August 27, 2022

Carrig Country House, County Kerry & Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way

Isn’t a glimpse at the photo above is very soothing? – which I thought so and sat down to write this post. It is one of the photos of the […]

General, Travel, UK / Scotland / Ireland Alicia Burrell, Annascaul, beach horse riding, Caragh Lake, Carrig Country House, Clew Bay, Corrigan's Mayfair, country house, County Kerry, County Mayo, Dingle, Dingle Peninsula, Emerald Isle, Frank and Mary Slattery, Galway, Glenbeigh, Inch Beach, Ireland, Irish red deer, jaunting cars, Killarney Golf Club, Killarney National Park, Killorglin, Lakeside Restaurant, Limerick, Muckross House, paddle boarding, Portmagee, Puck Fair, Richard Corrigan, Ring of Kerry, Ross Castle, Rossbeigh Beach, Skellig Micheal, Slea Head, Sligo, South Pole Inn, Strand Street, Tom Crean, UNESCO, Victorian house, Virginia Park Lodge, white water kayaking, Wild Atlantic Way, Yeats No comments

August 30, 2021

Cornwall – A Pearl on Tip of UK

Cornwall had caught my attention after a few articles I had read last year and I had thought to write a post about it since then. When I heard in […]

Travel, UK / Scotland / Ireland AONB, Barbara Hepworth Museum, Bedruthan Steps, Ben Okri, Bodmin, Bodmin Moor, Bolventor, Caerhays Castle and gardens, Camel Trail, Camel Valley Winery, Carbis Bay Hotel, Carnewas Tea Rooms, Chapel House Penzance, Constantine bay beach, Coombeshead Farm, Cornish cottages, Cornish facial rain, Cornish pasty, Cornish pubs, Cornish Wine tours, Cornwall, cream tea, Crofter's Café, Daphne du Maurier, Daphne du Maurier Museum, Driftwood Portscatho, Duchy of Cornwall, Duchy of Cornwall Nursery, Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, Eden Project, Falmouth, Ferryboat Inn, Fitzroy, Fowey, G7 Summit 2021, George Stoy, Glendurgan, Gwyner beach, Headland Garden, Helford River, Jamaica Inn, John le Carré, Kennack Sands, Kynance Cove, Land's End, Lansallos Cove, Lizard Peninsula, Lizard Point, Lostwithiel, Marazion Beach, Mounts Bay Route, Mousehole, Mousehole Christmas Lights, National Trust, Newquay, Padstow, Penhale, Penzance, Perranporth, Philps Pasties, Polperro, Porth, Porthgwidden, Porthmeor, Porthminster, Praa Sands, Prince Charles and Camilla, Restormel Manor, Robin and Judy Hutson, Roseland, Sarah's Pasty Shop, scones, Scullery Restaurant, Seal Island Cornwall, Sennen beach, Ship Inn, Smuggling Museum, St Austell, St Buryan Farm Shop, St Ives, St Just-in-Roseland, St Kew Inn, St Mawes, St Michael's mount, Tate St Ives, The Gurnard's Head, The Idle Rocks St Mawes, The Mousehole Cat, The Nare Hotel, The Pig at Harlyn Bay, The Scarlet Cornwall, The Tinners Arms, The Tolcarne Inn, Trebah, Tregenna Castle Hotel, Tregothnan, Tregothnan Estate and gardens, Trelissick Garden, Trengwainton, Trengwainton Garden and Tearooms, Trerice House and Garden, Watergate Bay Newquay, Watering Hole beach bar, Whipsiderry beach, Zennor No comments

September 14, 2020

Scotland – A Dream Land

Scotland has always driven my interest. A noble, magical, mysterious land of a wonderful nature. As back as I could remember, I think of the enchanting scenes of ‘Braveheart’ -a […]

General, Travel, UK / Scotland / Ireland 1984, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Aldourie Castle, Ardfin, Ardverikie Estate, Ballater, Ballindalloch Castle, Balmoral Castle, Barcaldine Castle, Barnhill, Ben Navis, Braemar, Braemar Gathering, Cairngorms National Park, Caledonia Way, Castle of Mey, Ceilidh Barn, Craigowan Lodge, Cruden Bay, Dunkeld, Edinburgh, Elgin, Fort Augustus, Fort William, George Orwell, Glasgow, Glen Affric Estate, Glen Orchy, Glencoe, Glenfeshie, Glenfinnan Viaduct, Gloucestershire, Gordonstoun, Great Glen, Great Glen Way, Harry Potter, Hebrides, Hogwarts Express, Holyrood Week, Hugh Munro, Inner Hebrides, Inverness, Islay, J.K.Rowling, Jacobite train, Jimmie Macgregor, Jura House, Jura Island, K Foundation Burn a Million Quid, Killehuntly, Kingussie, Loch Creran, Loch Lomond, Loch Ness, Lundies House, Malt Whisky Trail, Moray, Moray Firth, Moray Speyside, Munro, Nessie, Outlander, Rick Steves, Royal Deeside, Royal Lochnagar Distillery, Scandi-Scot, Scotland, Slains Castle, Strathisla Distillery, Sutherland, The Balmoral Hotel Edinburgh, The Crown, The Elephant House, The Fife Arms, The Quadrangle, The Royal Mile, Walkers Shortbread 3 Comments

March 6, 2020

Glin Castle – A Dream Home and Hotel

I discovered Glin Castle in Winter 2018 issue of ‘Town&Country’ magazine. I was captivated by its beauty reflected in the photos in the magazine. The place seems extremely romantic and […]

General, People, Travel, UK / Scotland / Ireland archery, Black Knights, Carlene O'Connor, Catherine Fitzgerald, Colette, Desmond FitzGerald, Dominic West, falconry, fuchsia flower, Geraldines, Glin Castle, golf, Hillsborough Castle, Irish castles, Knight of Glin, Limerick, Murder at Irish Christmas, Murder in an Irish Bookshop, Murder in an Irish Pub, River Shannon, scavenger hunt, The Affair, The knights of Glin 1 Comment

February 14, 2020

Aran Bakery, Scotland

I discovered Aran Bakery situated in the heart of Scotland in the January 2020 issue of the ‘Food and Travel’ magazine (Photos are from the magazine and the the web […]

General, Travel, UK / Scotland / Ireland Aran Bakery, chocolate praline tartlet, Dunkeld, Flora Shedden, pear danish pastry, River Tay, Scotland, Taybank, walnut and vanilla eclair No comments

February 7, 2020

Cosy places in the countryside of England

In the January, 2020 issue of the ‘The Sunday Times Travel’ magazine, some of the best country house hotels -‘cosy country retreats’- are listed. These places with different features look […]

General, UK / Scotland / Ireland Bath, Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms, Birmingham, Bristol, Cumbria, England countryside, Gloucestershire, Grantley Hall, Hambleton Hall, Holbeck Ghyll, Leads, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Rutland, Thyme, travel, UK, York, Yorkshire No comments