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After a full Scottish breakfast—but is it still Scottish when it doesn’t include haggis?—we arrived about ten minutes early in Inverness. My Scottish adventure was about to start!

Read all about it—and see ALL the photos—in my latest blog post!
#SimmerDimTrip #food #craftbeer #Inverness

Full Scottish breakfast in the Club Car
Rectangular plate with beans, sausage, a hashbrown with some other items hidden underneath it, a mini frittata, and a slice of toast

Relaxing with a cuppa and a cookie in the lounge…
Table with a cup of tea, next to it, crossed legs sticking out of a kilt

Coffee and a doughnut at Perk Coffee + Doughnuts

Culloden Battlefield. Memorial cairn left, Leanach Cottage right.

Back in Inverness

After a full Scottish breakfast—but is it still Scottish when it doesn’t include haggis?—we arrived about ten minutes early in Inverness. My Scottish adventure was about to start!
#SimmerDimTrip #Scotland

https://www.martijn.be/2025/06/18/back-in-inverness/

Finally! Another ‘big trip’! Not unexpectedly it’s to Scotland again, but with a very specific goal: experience the shortest night of the year—Simmer Dim—on Shetland. As usual, the first day is all about getting to Scotland: 1287 km in under 21 hours, including over 7 hours in London…
Read all about it—and see ALL the photos—in my latest blog post!
#SimmerDimTrip #train #SleeperTrain #food #CraftBeer

Eurostar train at the platform in London St Pancras International

Roast beef bowl with horseradish and lovage potato salad, green beans and courgettes, apricot bakewell. And a craft beer brewed exclusively for Eurostar!

Egg hopper, Lankan chicken kari, tomato chutney, pol sambol, and seeni sambol at Hoppers Kings Cross.
Differently sized bowls with food on a table.

Store St Espresso
Inside view, a customer at the wooden counter

Simmer Dim Trip
Finally! Another ‘big trip’! Not unexpectedly it’s to Scotland again, but with a very specific goal: experience the shortest night of the year—Simmer Dim—on Shetland. As usual, the first day is all about getting to Scotland: 1287 km in under 21 hours, including over 7 hours in London…
#SimmerDimTrip #train #FlightFree

https://www.martijn.be/2025/06/18/simmer-dim-trip/

Andrew, the train manager on my Eurostar has a sense of humour, unfortunately only in the English spoken announcements…
“… For both our long-suffering passengers and first-time travellers…”
“Just sit back and relax, or sit up and be excited…” 😂
#SimmerDimTrip #train

The start of a 1287 km trip in the next 21 hours, of which 7 hours in London!
#SimmerDimTrip (@ Brussels-London FAST - Calais omitted ➜ London St. Pancras INT) #NowTräwelling https://traewelling.de/status/5266080

I know I will be wearing mine on the ferry Aberdeen - Lerwick! And actually on the CalMac ferry Wemyss Bay - Rothesay as well…🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⛴️
#SimmerDimTrip
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