The history of the highlands

I had watched Richard III meet a bloody end at Bosworth, come face to face with a plague victim, stood in the shadow of a mighty trebuchet, and been put on trial for my life. And it was barely lunchti

SHELTERED to the south by the Gargunnock and Fintry hills, the village of Kippen overlooks Flanders Moss and the flat Carse of Stirling to the loftier hills of the Highlands. This winter’s morning, th

Our walks is mon 1 Bruach na Frithe ...

I’m sceptical about news stories you sometimes read of big black cats roaming the countryside. I was, however, tempted to don my boots for a hike I found on the internet titled In the Footsteps of the

Take a road trip around Scotland’s ‘misty isle’ for volcanic rock formations, wild swimming at the Fairy Pools and warming drams of cask whisky.

This week’s dream: a little corner of Blighty ...