Toothy’s Travels

Along with my enthusiasm for food and sharks (did you spot the minor clue in the title of this blog?), travel is another passion of mine.  Considering that we moved country roughly every four years and took every opportunity to visit each country that we lived in, I suppose it would be difficult for me not to love travelling and discovering new places.

So although Sharky Oven Gloves is primarily focussed on food, I’ve decided to throw in a little sideline feature about travel, called Toothy’s Travels (Toothy being my trusty oven glove).  In a nutshell, this is effectively just an excuse for me to share my love of travel by writing about places that I visit (with or without Toothy in tow) and really enjoy.  By “places” I mean monuments and landmarks, not whole towns or cities, because I ramble far too much to be able to distil an entire city into one blog post without you falling asleep and getting bored after the first paragraph.

Throughout this summer, Toothy’s Travels is most likely to feature places I love in and around Edinburgh, because that’s currently where I am, and it’s a good excuse for me to visit one of my home towns, which I’ve not really properly done before (I’ve never lived in Edinburgh – we only came back on leave, so we were always pushed for time).  Ultimately, I’d like to be able to include little travel adventures from all over the world, but that depends on whether you, my lovely readers, enjoy reading about my travel-related escapades, so please do let me know what you think!!

New Zealand

Settling in

Auckland
Anzac Day at the Auckland Cenotaph
Auckland Zoo
St Patrick’s Day parade
Volvo Ocean Race: Auckland stopover

Scotland, UK

Ayrshire
Dumfries House

Edinburgh
Craigmillar Castle (coming eventually)
Edinburgh Castle (coming eventually)
EIF Fireworks Concert (and a behind-the-scenes tour)
Pentland Hills Regional Park

St Andrews
St Rule’s Tower