I hope you enjoy my Scotland travel blog (even if you aren’t diabetic!) I offer tips for diabetic travel which can be valuable for people without diabetes as well. Safe and healthful travel is great for all of us!
I have frequently visited Scotland since 1989 when I first did a grand-tour from the Borders up to the Highlands. Since then I’ve visited 17 times, to almost every corner of this wonderful country: Edinburgh, Stirling, Aberdeen, Inverness, Oban, the Highlands, the Orkney Islands, the Hebrides, and the Borders.
Yes, it rains, but that only makes me want to go back, to see the rainbow beyond the raindrops. (I even wrote a book about it! —> see to the right.)
In the days before the Internet, we were vacationing with only our trusty printed guidebook in hand. We meandered down the single-track coastal road, which at that time was the only road, towards the village of Morar. The guidebook had proclaimed the wonders of the Silver Sands of Morar and
The year was 2002. Work had been terribly stressful and one Saturday in the beginning of August I sat in the local breakfast café and said forlornly to a neighbor, “I wish I could just leave it all and see the Scottish heather. I’ve never seen the heather.” Until that
I’m retired now and I’m doing what I please, when I please. This morning that meant I Googled myself, and I found I was all over. Of course, because there are Wendy’s Restaurants all over, I kept bumping into the Wendy’s in Kirkwood NY, Kirkwood MO, it just went on
My husband happened to Google me recently and found my picture in 10 of the UK’s best hidden beaches for the weekend ! My picture of the beach at Camusdarach was published in the travel article by “The Guardian” British newspaper in 2014. I had posted my picture on Geograph.co.uk. Geograph is a fun website in
I was a teenager when my father took me to New York City to a British oldies film revival. We saw the 1945 film, “I Know Where I’m Going!” starring Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesley. It is the ultimate romance movie, set in the Scottish Isles, featuring the handsome but
Hello, my name is Wendy Kirkwood Powers and this is my travel blog with travel tips and travel stories for diabetics and non-diabetics alike. |
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I am a type 1 diabetic, and have been for fifty-three years. From Antarctica to Svalbard, Australia to Africa, I’ve visited every continent. With my husband Greg, I have been on safari to Africa, wandered among the blue boobies in the Galapagos, slogged through jungle mud in Laos, and he has even chased an ocelot in Costa Rica (with his camera!) Our travel has taken careful planning, and constant attention to what is most important. I want to give you the inspiration and travel tips to enable you also to look beyond your own personal challenges, to not hide behind those words “I could never” and to see the world. |
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Scotland Sand and Sea - an unusual view of the Islands and Highlands of Scotland in paperback and Kindle from Amazon |
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Antarctica: Voyage Beyond the End of the World Glimpses of penguins, seals, whales and ice collide with fragments of shipboard life and cold feet. in paperback and Kindle from Amazon |
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Amazon - The River Grows on You - My top three Amazon experiences? The amazing mud cliffs and boats along the huge Amazon ... in paperback from Amazon |
