Long Last Day
Today began with a leisurely stroll through Tiananmen Square. It had to be leisurely due to the crowds! So many groups of so many people...
Friday
Our last day on the wall☹️ But our first evening of exploring Beijing😁 We had a 45 minute bus journey taking us to the wall. As...
Tops and toboggans
Today was the big one! Before I left Scotland, Gordon had asked me ‘have you seen what you have to do?’ and to be honest, I really hadn’t...
Day 3
Day 3 which again was an early start due to a 2 hour bus journey at the end. Calves are pretty sore from two consecutive days of climbing...
First Day on the Wall.
An early ish start at 8am to have breakfast and head off on our first visit to the wall. Just a fifteen minute drive took us to our...
It’s finally here!
Just over a year since I made the commitment to go to the Great Wall of China to raise funds for Strathcarron Hospice and the day has...
Less Than Two Weeks to go!
Wow, the time is absolutely flying now. I can’t believe after signing up to The Great Wall of China trek over a year ago, that’s us down...
The Great Wall of China: 4 weeks to go!
I was just saying to Gordon, ‘it would be great to have a blog so that I could keep everyone up to date with my adventures in China’....
Buying trip
So excited to finally be going on a buying trip…..first in about two years😆 Flights are booked and appointments made, so we will be...
Diamonds
Lots of talk about lab grown diamonds recently and I’ve been lucky enough to have been asked to supply some beautiful stones over the...
