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Welcome to the very first edition of my new column! Freshly returned from a recent foray in the more remote areas of Scotland, I’m full of new stories and experiences about the wonderful places our vehicles can make accessible to us.
I’m a solivagant - a lone wanderer, a hodophile - a lover of travel and roads, and a cartophile - a lover of maps. I’m also a forager, wild swimmer, obsessed with Scotland, and the owner of a self-converted Range Rover L322 called Ralph.
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He’s the base for me and Celyn the itinerant Kelpie. In Scots mythology a kelpie is a malevolent shape-shifting water spirit, and that pretty much sums her up! You’ll inevitably find us paddling in a watering hole far from the madding crowds.
We make a good band of three. Ralph takes care of much of the moving around, and I take care of him. Celyn supplies the entertainment along the way, and the cuddles, and together, we find ourselves in some of the lesser known parts of the UK, and occasionally further afield.