- November 3, 2019In Walter Scott’s novel Rob Roy, Andrew Fairservice, the loquacious gardener, refers to the kingdom of Fife as ‘just like…
- October 13, 2019Glenmore or Glen of Albyn or Glen Mor nan Albyn or just the Great Glen; whatever you chose to call…
- July 30, 2019Not, as the name might suggest, situated in the island of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, but in Knapdale, Loch…
- June 6, 2019The Cairngorms are not the preserve of skilled and well-equipped mountaineers; apart from the ski routes with their merciful chairlifts,…
- May 25, 2019Situated above the bay from it which it takes its name, Culzean Castle (pronounced Cull-ain) was built for the Earl…
- May 8, 2019A mere three miles long by one and a half wide – composed of Torridonian sandstone, curiously unrelated geologically to…
- March 19, 2019The River Tummel ruins in and out of the narrow strip of the loch of the same name before uniting…
- February 5, 2019The island of Islay’s prosperity derives from whisky: roughly 4 million gallons proof are produced here each year, and distilling…
- January 25, 2019Speculation continues concerning the derivation of the name Gigha (pronounced ‘gee-a’, with a hard ‘g’), but one suggestion is that…
- December 20, 2018The modern fame of this “ancient city by an ancient sea” is a holiday resort on the Firth of Clyde.…