Islands in the sun

As we sipped our G&Ts and watched the sun glistening on the water in the late evening, we reflected on the events that had brought us to this beautiful spot. A few hours ago, we’d resigned ourselves t

Dreaming of escape on Ireland’s far-flung islands, David Bradford finds the reality of remoteness not quite as simple as it seems

Go car-free and take the train and bus from the city to some of the Scottish coast’s most beautiful beaches

MY old art teacher used to say there are no straight lines in nature. At the same time, one of the French teacher’s pet phrases was, “There are always the exceptions”. And when it comes to straight li

I still remember the first time I saw the island. It was the summer of 2008 and I was standing on the shore of neighbouring Walney Island with nature guide and former Mayor of Barrow, John Murphy. We

We were finally fulfilling our dream of travelling to Shetland. But first we had to drive our campervan to Aberdeen to catch the overnight ferry. Rather than rushing there and back, we planned to spli