Have I mentioned how much I love the Trossachs National Park before? What gave it away? Was it the many posts I’ve written about my love for Loch Katrine? And Loch Lomond too? Instead of stuffing my face with Easter eggs this weekend (that was definitely plan B), I was visited by two of my […]
Stirlingshire
Grandparents on Tour
Now, it’s not often I get visitors up here in Stirling. The effort required in getting to Scotland alone is enough to put most people off. To date, I’ve only managed to convince two of my friends from back home to come and visit me (and they travelled on an overnight coach from Victoria Bus […]
Bannockburn Riding for the Disabled Association
So with the way the module system works up at Stirling, I had one last chance to pick any random subject I liked before I start doing Psychology modules exclusively. Continuing with Linguistics was out because it had specialised so only English undergrads could pick it and I didn’t really fancy starting a new subject… […]
Bridge of Allan Fireworks Display
In the past week or so, it has gotten cold. A fortnight ago I could go out in maybe a hoodie and still feel my extremities but at the fireworks display in Bridge of Allan, I was wearing a thermal vest, long-sleeved shirt, jumper, coat, scarf, hat and gloves with wellies and three layers of […]
Exam Escape: Stirling Castle
It’s exam season here at uni. My friends and I locked ourselves away in my room and revised until we had to go to our exam, in what has become known as The Spaceship Protocol. So named because during first semester, it was concluded that a trip into space was certainly doable since we were […]
Loch Katrine
Since I moved to Stirling, Loch Katrine is one of my favourite places to take people looking for a real taste of the Scotland they’ve heard so much about! January 2013 The route to Katrine was enough to make me fall in love with the country and it’s not hard to find despite being so […]