- September 10, 2019The castle of Kilchurn is in Argyll. It stands at the NE end of Loch Awe. The castle stands on…
- September 9, 2019Once the first stopping place of the many paddle steamers cruising up Loch Lomond, Balmaha is situated on the south-east…
- August 26, 2019The coast on this stretch of land between Lossiemouth and Hopeman is generally low and flat, with miles of…
- July 26, 2019The lovely Nine Glens bite deeply into the basalts of the Antrim plateau and into the hard overlays of modern…
July 18, 2019In all Scottish place names, the prefix ‘inver’ signifies the mouth of a river; near here the River Tote…- 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…
- April 29, 2019First-time visitors to Edinburgh usually have in mind at least two essential sights: the castle and the palace. Holyrood –…
- March 27, 2019The town of Duns, about a mile from the castle, has been the regent county town of Berwickshire since the…
