Author Archives: gaelharrison

About gaelharrison

I am married to John, and we are back living in Fife in Scotland. I have three grown up kids. Geraldine, who is married to Cathal and they have two children, Darcey and Dillon, Natasha who is married to Leo and they have Bonnie and Hazel and they all live in Wales, and Nick. Travel has been a big part of my life, especially in the last seventeen years, but now I just love being back in the 'bonny land'.

Spring has sprung

Posted on March 9, 2020 by gaelharrison

I have a sore throat and a fuzzy head, and I keep taking my temperature, but I think I am ok, and don’t need to go into lockdown or isolation. I have just been for a brisk walk up the … Continue reading →

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Peru – Part 2 – Sailing down the Amazon River

Posted on February 2, 2020 by gaelharrison

‘Sailing down the Amazon River’, it conjures up so much: wide, brown, slow-moving waters, thick jungle vegetation, creatures all-hell bent on destroying each other in order to survive. It is the river of dreams and nightmares. Beautiful and terrifying, full … Continue reading →

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Peru – Part 1 – Machu Picchu

Posted on February 2, 2020 by gaelharrison

South America – We had finally made it! We had watched the documentaries by David Attenborough about the Amazon jungle and wondered how we could do it, but with Ashley my hairdresser telling me all about deals and Black Friday, … Continue reading →

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Mid January

Posted on January 12, 2020 by gaelharrison

We are just back from a brisk walk by the sea. Mud and slimy leaves didn’t help and a low winter sun nearly blinded me, but we felt all the better for a quick stretch of the legs and good … Continue reading →

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Early December

Posted on December 3, 2019 by gaelharrison

I have had a plague of bugs recently, and it has been so debilitating. When one enjoys rude health as a rule, it is an affront to be stricken with a persistent cough that goes on and on and on. … Continue reading →

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Precious Days

Posted on October 25, 2019 by gaelharrison

Carnage again on the sea – three dead seagulls floating in the water and being pecked and devoured by their relatives. The seal is bobbing about and more birds are swarming above. Otherwise everything is still, grey and very cold. … Continue reading →

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Summer so far

Posted on August 17, 2019 by gaelharrison

I have been busy. Looking back at photos of this summer I see colour and smiling faces and trips and travels. I was so harassed at one point that I thought I would like to run away and book into … Continue reading →

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Mount Toubkal – Morocco

Posted on June 25, 2019 by gaelharrison

Mount Toubkal, the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco, Marrakech … wide blue skies, pink chunks of rock and suddenly the pages of a geography book have sprung into life. I am home and safe, and I cannot believe so much happened … Continue reading →

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The Outer Hebrides

Posted on May 18, 2019 by gaelharrison

‘Away in the west land I’m longing to be, Where the steamer leaves Oban And passes Tiree Where the sweet purple heather blooms fragrant and free On a hilltop high above The Dark Island’. On the first of May … Continue reading →

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The Sea

Posted on April 7, 2019 by gaelharrison

I have been thinking a lot about the sea lately for one reason or another. For the last half an hour a little guillemot bird has been causing us concern. It is bobbing on the waves, and the sea is wild … Continue reading →