These began with a trip to Banff to visit Duff House. In addition to touring the house, the group was able to view the temporary exhibition featuring the Scottish Portrait Awards, a mixture of photographs and paintings, as well as images captured on mobile phones.

A bright day in February saw us explore the Peterhead Prison Museum (and its excellent cafe) and was then followed by a walk to the Lido.

A summer visit to St Andrews entailed a double bus journey, and the day's programme included a guided walking tour around many of the town's places of historic interest.

Arbroath was the destination in October for a visit to the fascinating Signal Tower Museum. The tower was built to communicate with the Bell Rock Lighthouse, eleven miles out to sea, but the overcast weather meant it wasn't visible on the day of our visit.