A strange but not unpleasant mixture of Atlantic air and the scent of washing up powder fills my nostrils. Up ahead, I can see many of the houses dotted around seemingly at random have hung out their

A weekend away from it all in the wild landscapes of the Shetland Islands offers the perfect break from city life

I am lying hip-deep in a peat bog looking up at the grey, ominous sky and pondering my life choices. My backpack is so heavy with all my food, water and camping gear that I can’t actually get up. I am

IS the success of a holiday all down to the weather? It certainly is when you are in the Hebrides, though we always go well prepared for the worst, and take lots of books too so that after wet walks w

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Alex Fisher spends a long weekend travelling along the northern coastline of the Island of Ireland, connecting the Causeway Coast to the Wild Atlantic Way