Blog: April 2017

My 2017 Indian trip over six weeks

  • Posted on: 30 April 2017
  • By: Aline Dobbie

A wonderful six week trip to India staying at our much loved Kumarakom Lake Resort and then visiting Gujarat, Jaipur, Udaipur and finishing with Maharana Mewar Foundation Awards

Scotland in Spring: Swallows, Flowers, Castles & More

  • Posted on: 27 April 2017
  • By: Aline Dobbie

In mid-April, the first Swallows returned to our home.   We were expecting them as in a good spring they arrive in the third week of April but when they swooped down and chattered at us it was so good and made my day.

Magical Crete: The Garden of Antiquity

  • Posted on: 10 April 2017
  • By: Aline Dobbie

Crete had ‘called’ to me yet again after my recent autumnal visit and when we arrived to spring sunshine and warmth, the blossom on trees and the calls of birdsong and the buzz of the bees it was a superb feeling.