Outdoor Scotland
Caerlaverock Castle
Ah, you’ve got to love a good moat – and there certainly isn’t a better one than the one at Caerlaverock Castle. In an incredibly rare occurrence, Caerlaverock’s romantic triangular […]
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Outdoor Scotland
Edinburgh Hospice Launches Tribute Funds
Edinburgh Hospice Columba’s has launched a new way for people to raise money in memory of loved ones who died at the hospice – Tribute Funds. To accompany the Tribute […]
Islands
Focus on Skye – The Cuillin
The wonders of Skye are the subject of Garry’s 7-page Focus in our May issue, and here’s his bonus follow up: The Magnificent Cuillin If the Trotternish hills can be […]
Culture
A… Chaos of Swans?
When startled by a microlight or helicopter, geese and whooper swans have an unusual and dramatically different response… Sometimes the hardest part is getting into the passenger seat from […]
Travel Blogs
Scotlanders | On Public Transport
When it comes to Scotland, lack of personal transport is no excuse not to go exploring… Okay, I admit it. I’m completely addicted to adventure. I feed my habit as […]
Focus
Focus Follow Up: Aberdeen
The Gordon Highlanders Museum is Aberdeen’s only 5-star Visit Scotland attraction Situated in Viewfield Road in the former home of prominent Scottish artist Sir George Reid, the museum tells […]
Outdoor Scotland
Kelvingrove Museum Opens Revamped Life Gallery
Visitors to Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Museum can now experience life in the Serengeti, the Indo-Malay tropical forests and Antarctica in the space of one afternoon. On Saturday, April 2, Kelvingrove Museum […]
Outdoor Scotland
A Sunday Stroll At Stobo Castle
When it comes to Sunday Strolls, I have one stipulation – somewhere along the way, preferably at the end (although an early morning bacon roll or a mid-walk cuppie and […]
Outdoor Scotland
Innerpeffray Library’s Bright Future
It was recently reported that hundreds of libraries have closed across the UK in the past three years, but the Library of Innerpeffray is bucking the trend Shortly after we […]
Culture
Herons – Dressing Down
No prizes for herons in fashion or architecture… Herons, I once wrote, are flamingos dressed by Presbyterians. I like the image so much, here it is again. The writer’s conceit, revisiting […]
