- March 19, 2019The River Tummel ruins in and out of the narrow strip of the loch of the same name before uniting…
- March 12, 2019This blog is really to advise potential travellers about booking trips in 2019 and 2020. If you are just…
- March 9, 2019Stirling Castle, and the town itself, played an important role in the 13th and 14th century Wars of Independence; near…
- February 27, 2019At Ireland and Scotland Luxury Tours we think all of our client should see what is widely considered a true…
- February 23, 2019In 1767 it was announced in Edinburgh that the architect James Craig was to be ‘entitled to the primum for…
- February 5, 2019The island of Islay’s prosperity derives from whisky: roughly 4 million gallons proof are produced here each year, and distilling…
- February 1, 2019In both First and Second World Wars, Scapa Flow was a busy naval base, and in both wars its defences…
- January 25, 2019Speculation continues concerning the derivation of the name Gigha (pronounced ‘gee-a’, with a hard ‘g’), but one suggestion is that…
- January 21, 2019‘Wi’ isquebae, we’ll face the devil. Burn’s line is touchily ambiguous (strange how the expression evolved as Dutch and not…
- January 11, 2019The Yarrow and the Ettrick waters meet just a mile or so south-west of the town of Selkirk, and at…