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 […]
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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 […]
Islands
Tom Weir | Isles of Inspiration
In a trip to the Orkney Isles, Tom Weir clambers around the Old Man of Hoy, and visits a very special resident on North Ronaldsay I have a confession to […]
Islands
Over The Sea To Skye
Garry Fraser considers a lesser-known route The first time I went to Skye – many years ago – was by ferry, the old Kyle of Lochalsh – Klyeakin route. The […]
Outdoor Scotland
Famous Footsteps in Perthshire
Nicola from the Scotlanders discovers walks for every ability in Perthshire – an area that has inspired some of our greatest writers Walking in Scotland at any time of the […]
