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I have a very significant (and unique) walk planned for my return to Scotland, and I'm keeping it under wraps until I'm en route but I'm...
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Lilly
Jan 7, 20221 min read
The Cutest Little Lighthouse, Fort Augustus, Scotland
At the entrance to the Caledonian Canal in Fort Augustus sits this darling little “Pepper Pot” lighthouse, built in 1840. I bet you can...
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Lilly
Sep 30, 20213 min read
Book Review - Caithness Archaeology: Aspects of Prehistory
In honor of Scottish Archaeology Month, I wanted to share a book some of you might find interesting, (and my first official review for...
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Lilly
Apr 25, 20204 min read
Dunnet Head - the Top of the Mainland
Dunnet Head, October, 2016. The most northerly point of the UK mainland (many think John O’Groats is furthest north but not quite). A...
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Lilly
Apr 23, 20205 min read
The Ardgour Wreck
It was a cold, clear November day in the Highlands. I woke up that morning in a hotel in Ballachulish, delighted to see that snow had...
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Lilly
Apr 21, 20204 min read
Caisteal Maol, on the Shores of Skye
As you cross over the Skye Bridge from Kyle of Lochalsh to the Isle of Skye, you might notice a very small ruin off to the left on the...
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Lilly
Feb 1, 20202 min read
Angus Martin's Grave on the Isle of Skye
At the tippy top of Skye’s Trotternish (Tròndairnis) Peninsula is the Kilmuir Graveyard. It feels like the edge of the world, with its...
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Lilly
Dec 29, 201917 min read
Suilven - Solo Hiking and Camping on the King of Assynt
I have been aware of Suilven for some time, but I didn’t lay eyes on it until this year. I was headed over to Ullapool from Inverness...
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Lilly
Oct 30, 20193 min read
Thoughts from a Bus Encounter
Farewell Inverness! A genealogist here once told me that my ancestors once lived where that shopping center now stands. I’m on the bus to...
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Lilly
Oct 29, 20192 min read
Craig Phadrig, Inverness
I was in the Pictish section of the Inverness Museum (where else would I be!) when I saw a mention of a hillfort site reused by the Picts...
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Lilly
Oct 13, 20191 min read
McCaig's Tower, Oban
I took a walk up to McCaig’s Tower up above Oban this afternoon. It was a very grey day but the rain held off. John Stuart McCaig was a...
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Lilly
May 22, 20191 min read
Camping on Top of Suilven
That tiny blue dot is my tent - I spent last night solo on the iconic Suilven after a 6 mile hike in. What a beast this hill is - a hard...
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Lilly
Apr 18, 20191 min read
A Broken Heart on Harris
If you find yourself at the end of the road in Rodel, on the southern tip of the Isle of Harris, take the time to look at the stonework...
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Lilly
Nov 5, 20186 min read
The Three Monuments of Fyrish
The 3 Monuments of Fyrish - Cnoc Fyrish, Creag Ruadh, and Meann Chnoc I have driven past Fyrish Monument many times over the last 2...
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Lilly
Jul 23, 20181 min read
Aurora Dream Come True in the Highlands
On an autumn night in the Highlands just outside the little village of Milton near Invergordon, I stood in a farmer's field and cried as...
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Lilly
Jul 22, 20184 min read
Book Review - Photographing Scotland by Dougie Cunningham
With his book Photographing Scotland, Dougie Cunningham has managed to do justice to Scotland, and that is no easy task. There are a lot...
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Lilly
Apr 25, 20172 min read
Find Her in the Highlands - A Poem
Find Her in the Highlands She set out across the sea, When her ancestors whispered "come home." She thought "something's waiting for me,"...
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Lilly
Apr 9, 20176 min read
The Cairngorm Reindeer Herd
At one time, reindeer were native to Scotland. According to 800+ year old accounts, reindeer were hunted by the Earls of Orkney (Vikings)...
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Lilly
Jan 28, 201716 min read
The Mighty Buachaille - Bagging My First Munro
On a Friday morning in October 2016, I rented a car in Edinburgh, and headed north to the Highlands. Approaching Glencoe, I gained a bit...
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Lilly
Nov 30, 20163 min read
Tolkien, Burns, and a Wandering American Lass
“How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand, there is no going back?” -...
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