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...

At the entrance to the Caledonian Canal in Fort Augustus sits this darling little “Pepper Pot” lighthouse, built in 1840. I bet you can...

In honor of Scottish Archaeology Month, I wanted to share a book some of you might find interesting, (and my first official review for...

Dunnet Head, October, 2016. The most northerly point of the UK mainland (many think John O’Groats is furthest north but not quite). A...

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...

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...

At the tippy top of Skye’s Trotternish (Tròndairnis) Peninsula is the Kilmuir Graveyard. It feels like the edge of the world, with its...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The 3 Monuments of Fyrish - Cnoc Fyrish, Creag Ruadh, and Meann Chnoc I have driven past Fyrish Monument many times over the last 2...

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...

With his book Photographing Scotland, Dougie Cunningham has managed to do justice to Scotland, and that is no easy task. There are a lot...

Find Her in the Highlands She set out across the sea, When her ancestors whispered "come home." She thought "something's waiting for me,"...

At one time, reindeer were native to Scotland. According to 800+ year old accounts, reindeer were hunted by the Earls of Orkney (Vikings)...

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...

“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?” -...