Author: podium

  • May 11, 2017
    Originally one of three ancient commons in the old city, St Stephen’s Green was enclosed in 1664. The 22 acre…
  • April 25, 2017
    About 4 miles off Sligo’s untamed northern coast lies an uninhabited, windswept island that contains one of the best-preserved early…
  • April 23, 2017
    Fraserburgh, affectionately known to locals as the Broch, is Europe’s largest shellfish port. Like Peterhead, Fraserburgh’s fortune has been founded…
  • April 20, 2017
    This large ruin of a friary shares much with its neighbour, Rosserk. Both compete for the title of largest and…
  • April 18, 2017
    Some of the region’s finest attractions lie in the gentle hills and lush valleys of Dumfries & Galloway. Ideal for…
  • April 15, 2017
    Five irregularly spaced drum towers linked by massive walls are all that remain of the castle that King John built…
  • April 12, 2017
    An enchanting region of Scotland that seems to slip off the radar for many international visitors, southern Scotland is often…
  • April 8, 2017
    For 1500 years’ pilgrims have been beating a path to this remote stretch of water set in a barren landscape.…
  • April 6, 2017
    The longest and loveliest of the Angus Glens stretches north from Kirriemuir for 20 miles, broad and pastoral in its…
  • April 4, 2017
    The most impressive Stone Age tomb in Europe stands on a hill above the Boyne’s fertile valley, part of a…