Minibreaking – Crieff Hydro

Meet Eden.  You guys know by now how much I love a minibreak (although I’m not adverse to big breaks either…) and this past weekend we escaped to Crieff Hydro in Perthshire – only an hour and a half from Glasgow but deep, deep in the countryside.  Now the thing about this hotel is that you can really choose to get away from it…
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Minibreaking – Ardoe House, Aberdeen

Give me a hotel that’s luxuy and dog friendly and I’ll be quite happy thank you very much.  Last weekend we spent the night at Mercure’s Ardoe House just outside Aberdeen, a part of the country I have never visited before.  Now to be completely honest, I had never really been overwhelmed with a burning desire to visit Aberdeen but a quick search…
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Scottish beach tour – Balmedie

You know I’m a creature of habit.  I like what I like.  And I like beaches.  And this beach, this weekend, just shot waaaaay up my list. We found ourselves in Aberdeen for the weekend for a project, more on that later, and naturally I scoured the www for sand.  Balmedie beach came up trumps (somehow even that saying has…
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Stobo Castle

That’s me, blissed out on a lounger, poolside at Stobo Castle…  I was lucky enough to receive an invite to Stobo Castle, the proud sponsors of Musselburgh Racecourse’s Ladies Day, so naturally I invited one of my fav ladies and off we went, roadtripping for a couple of hours to the borders where we pulled up at this beauty.  Of…
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North Berwick minibreak – MacDonald Marine Hotel & Spa

I have to confess, I have been to the MacDonald Marine Hotel three times now…  Usually I try to go somewhere new whenever I can but there’s something about this place that keeps me coming back – actually a few things…  It’s just an hour and a half from Glasgow, it’s completely dog friendly (our room even had tweed dog…
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