July 18, 2019In all Scottish place names, the prefix ‘inver’ signifies the mouth of a river; near here the River Tote…- January 27, 2017The Isle of Rum – the biggest and most spectacular of the Small Isles – was once known as the…
- January 5, 2017The northern and eastern slopes of the Grampian Mountains are draped with a long broad, green mantle of fertile lowlands,…
- April 17, 2016The Isle Of Skye (an t-Eilean Sgiathanach in Gaelic) takes its name from the old Norse sky-a meaning “cloud island”,…
- June 23, 2015Skye’s most famous historic building is Dunvegan Castle, seat of the chief of Clan MacLeod. It has played host to…
- April 1, 2015Harris, to the south of Lewis, is the scenic jewel in the necklace of islands that comprise the Outer…
- November 6, 2014Rassay is the rugged, 10-mile-long island that has off Skye’s east coast. There are several good walks here, including one…
