Tag: Scotland

  • September 30, 2014
    Jura lies off the coast of Argyll, long, dark and low like a vast Viking longship, its billowing sail the…
  • September 24, 2014
    Gatehouse of Fleet is an attractive little town stretched along a sloping main street, in the middle of which sits…
  • September 17, 2014
    The magnificent, red-sandstone ruins of Arbroath Abbey, founded in 1178 by King William the Lion, dominate the town centre. It…
  • September 5, 2014
    Orkney captures the imagination and the eye, its balding turf reflective of constantly changing shades of light as clouds scurry…
  • August 28, 2014
    The Callanish Standing Stones, West of Stornoway, form one of the most complete stone circles in Britain and are one…
  • August 26, 2014
    The ruins of Dunnottar Castle are spread out across a grassy promontory rising 50m above the sea. As dramatic a…
  • July 31, 2014
    The success of Dan Brown’s novel The Da Vinci Code and the subsequent Hollywood film has seen a flood of…
  • July 29, 2014
    West of Ballater lies Balmoral Castle, the Queen’s Highland holiday home, screened from the road by a thick curtain of…
  • July 23, 2014
    High St, which stretches from George IV Bridge down to the Netherbow at St Mary’s St, is the heart and…
  • July 22, 2014
    The Scottish National Trust’s flagship property, magnificent Culzean is one of the most impressive of Scotland’s great stately homes. The…