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Autumnal Perthshire

Just because summer comes to an end, does not mean you have to board yourself up indoors after the loss of bright summer nights.    Perthshire walks  Image source There are many walks in the Perthshire area that you can enjoy the autumnal change. The changing leaves will make you…

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A dander up Birnam Hill

The team at Click Book Stay are really focused on health and wellbeing, from cooking up yummy healthy food to activities such as rowing and running, diving and hill walking we love it all! Often the chat in the office will involve talk of PB’s and races. We know our…

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A Sunday adventure to Crieff

Today’s adventure took us to the lovely historical country town of Crieff. Crieff has many happy memories for me growing up as my grandparents lived there. As we have a property or two (Locherlour Mill Cottage and The Lookout at St Nininan’s ) in or around the area, I thought…

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A Sunday afternoon amongst the Bluebells

It’s warm again at last! This inspired me to head out to one of the star attractions in the area at the moment – the bluebells! Perthshire is known as ‘Big Tree Country’ as it has over 200,000 acres of woodland! Come sprint time though, I am sure its more famous…

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A Sunday Adventure to Ardoch Fort

Today I decided we were going to tag along with my folks and visit somewhere historic! My parents really like visiting sites of Roman Forts and have avidly followed the BBC one TV series ‘Scotland from the Sky’ ( https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09wzvn7 ) which looked at various sites in Scotland from a plane. This…

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A Sunday Adventure on Alyth

As the weather is a tab miserable all over today, I decided we would head up to the historic town of Alyth. There is so much going on in the area over the next few weeks… The Blairgowrie and Rattray half marathon next Sunday The Yomp on the 8/9th June and…

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A Sunday Afternoon in Blairgowrie

It is yet another wet Sunday in Perthshire. This weekend however it’s incredibly mild which means wearing waterproofs are not easy! Nevermind, it could be worse. We head out down to Rattray Primary School where the runners for Blairgowrie and Rattray half marathon are meeting to walk to the starting…

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A Sunday afternoon at the Palace

This Sunday I decided I would visit a local event after my morning dog walk. The event of choice is Potfest at Scone Palace.  Potfest events are 3 days long and take place in Perth, Penrith and Hutton-in-the-Forest near Penrith. The entrance fee to the event was a mere £6. I…

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Outdoor Adventures Kinross

There is more to this town than a quick stop at the services!  Kinross has a wee hubbub of cafes, restaurants and niche shops as well as some fantastic outdoor activities and we even have a holiday rental property there too!   Loch Leven Heritage trail.   This circular trail…

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