Stepping off the edge

Owlmother's adventures

Picking up where I left off… kinda

I started a blog called Stepping off the Edge when I left my comfortable middle class and middle age life in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and headed to Adelaide, Australia to return to school in 2012.

For 8 years I blogged about events in my life…family weddings, birth of grandkids, travel. I no longer own the email address associated with that blog so couldn’t continue, hence starting over in this space.

So I picked up where I left off with our trip in fall 2024 to Europe and will continue with India and the Maldives .

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  • DALMUNZIE CASTLE

    We visited 5 castles around Scotland so it was only fitting that we stay in one. Dalmunzie Castle, in the Spittal of Glenshee (yes really) was originally built in the 1700’s. The current building was constructed in the early 20th century and has been run as a hotel on and off throughout the years. It Read more

  • St. Andrews

    Our travels to the islands of Iona, Staffa, Mull and Skye took us to the west coast of Scotland. On our final day we drove to the east coast to visit St. Andrews. All I really knew about St. Andrews was the famous golf course. St Andrews is known as the “home of golf” because Read more