Tag: Scotland

  • December 12, 2016
    Situated at the eastern end of North Street is the ruined western end of St Andrews Cathedral, once the largest…
  • December 7, 2016
    The country’s historical roots are deeply embedded in the sandy soils of Central Scotland. Significant ruins and castles that chronicle…
  • November 30, 2016
    Inverness, the primary city and shopping centre of the Highlands, has a great location astride the River Ness at the…
  • July 24, 2016
    It’s difficult to believe that Scotland’s last executed witch perished in a vat of boiling tar in Dornoch in 1722,…
  • July 13, 2016
    The pretty fishing village of Portsoy has an atmospheric 17th century harbour and maze of narrow streets lined with picturesque…
  • July 6, 2016
    North of Duns, the low-lying Lammermuir Hills, with their extensive grouse moors, rolling farmland and wooded valleys, run east to…
  • April 26, 2016
    The 5 miles of coast between Arisaig and Morar is a fretwork of rocky islets, inlets and gorgeous silver-sand beaches…
  • April 17, 2016
    The Isle Of Skye (an t-Eilean Sgiathanach in Gaelic) takes its name from the old Norse sky-a meaning “cloud island”,…
  • April 6, 2016
    Quintessential Highland country such as this, marked by single-tracked roads, breath-taking emptiness and a wild, fragile beauty, is a rarity…
  • March 31, 2016
    Floating off Scotland’s remote northeast coast, the Orkney and Shetland Islands are captivating archipelagos forming an antithesis to modern urban…