4.30 am the alarm went off.  After a fitful sleep, no thanks to the wedding music until 1 am; we had to get ourselves up and organised for an early ferry from Larne, Ireland to Troon, Scotland.  I wanted to get the early ferry so we would arrive early for a full day in Scotland.  We were told that the ferry check-in would start at 5.15 am and stop at 6.30 am so we didn’t...

Thank you to all our avid readers, some we know and some we will never know.  I have received a number of enquiries over the last six months from advertising agencies and others seeking to be guest writers for our site.  For the record, www.fourdotsonthemap.com is not accepting any advertising at this time, unless Crocs, Lonely Planet or some other cool company I really...