In the back of the garden of the Mary Queen of Scots House in Jedburgh, stands an unassuming block of stone. From a distance it doesn’t...

Calling all MQoS fans! If you have even a passing interest in Mary Queen of Scots, I highly recommend a visit to the Scottish Borders...

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...

Earlier this year I came face to face with a man I have wanted to meet for awhile. He stands alone in a field in Fife, where he has stood...

This dapper gentleman is a bit of a man of mystery, and I love a good mystery. I’ve driven by him many times on my way through...

As you know, I love a good treasure hunt. For me, “treasure” usually translates to a stone or ruin of some sort. One of my favourite...

This morning I felt a bit overwhelmed by my writing to-do list, and the pressures from those expectations have started to get to me. So I...

As I research and write my Pictish novel, I continually seek out Pictish sites. It was a dreich day in Aberdeenshire today, (yep that’s...

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...

Yesterday morning I woke up to this view. I spent the night hemmed in by the high tide and sheltered in a shallow cave below the cliffs...