Whisky is synonymous with Scotland, with thousands of visitors every year coming specifically to visit the distilleries. Yet this isn’t just some tartan-clad, shortbread-flavoured nostalgia; the world of whisky has […]
The din of battle surrounds you. To your right a mass of archers draw their bows and with a heavy twang their deadly rain is unleashed, decimating the spearmen standing in […]
Following a wet, cold and generally miserable time at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo when I was 12, I have avoided the world-famous event at all costs. As a result, it […]
Situated on the gorgeous East Lothian coastline, Prestonpans is an attractive and welcoming little town with a fascinating history. The name Prestonpans translates from Old English and Scots as “the […]
The Staghead Hotel, Queensferry, near Edinburgh, 7am. Newspapers are spread over tables and floor and on these rest greeny-brown squares, each the size of a face flannel, made up of […]
The Kelpies – two gigantic steel statues at the side of the M9, in the heart of industrial Scotland. It’s a place where giant pylons, chimneys belching white smoke and […]
The Wallace Monument stands on Abbey Craig, near Stirling On September 11, 1297 atop the heights of the rocky promontory, the Scots army stood poised. William Wallace and Andrew de […]
While not as famous as the Edinburgh Festival, the Meadows Festival is a great day out in the capital Edinburgh in June? Surely it’s August that the world descends and […]
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