- January 12, 2015A short boat trip away from Ballycastle harbour is Rathlin Island, said in legend to have been dropped into the…
- January 12, 2015The Knoydart Peninsula is the only sizeable area in Britain that remains inaccessible to the motor car, cut off by…
- January 11, 2015The seaside village of Ardmore stands on a promontory known mainly for its association with St Declan, the 5th century…
- January 11, 2015Jura lies off the coast of Argyll, long, dark and low like a vast Viking longship, its billowing sail the…
- November 6, 2014Rassay is the rugged, 10-mile-long island that has off Skye’s east coast. There are several good walks here, including one…
- November 6, 2014The town of the ‘ford of the kings’ is an old walled settlement that once lay at the intersection of…
- October 29, 2014Shetland’s most impressive archaeological attraction. This large settlement, with buildings from Prehistory through Norse times to the 16th century, was…
- October 29, 2014The village of Myshall, with Mount Leinster and the Blackstairs range towering above it, contains a surprise - a church…
- October 15, 2014Not far from the cathedral and with dramatic coastline views, St Andrews Castle is mainly in ruins, but the site…
- October 15, 2014Rearing up from a steep hill like a jagged, broken tooth and visible for miles around is the shattered tower…