The Scottish Highlands have captured travellers’ imaginations since Sir Walter Scott began setting his wildly evocative historical novels here. What those first Victorian tourists discovered was a vas

In 1974, I hitchhiked with my girlfriend Lesley from John o’Groats to Land’s End in 10 days. After 46 years of happy marriage, Lesley died from breast cancer in October 2022. Losing the love of my lif

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From ancient stones to timeless biker hospitality, Saff rides north to taste the true spirit of Orkney

We’d passed through the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, to give it its full title, many times en route to other places and always said that we should have another break in this beautiful country (we’d had

This week’s dream: a laid-back trip along the ...