Dunnottar castle

In the Scottish village of Kenmore, the mellow glow of Loch Tay draws visitors into a world of castles and crannogs, amid autumn’s beauty in a towering forest

WHEN the Campbell laird Sir Duncan planted part of his estate on Drummond Hill with oak, birch and Scots pines, it came with a serious warning. Anyone who was caught damaging the trees would face a fi

Few locations in the UK offer a dog-friendly beach with a castle in the background, quite like Bamburgh Beach. The sandy dunes, which span over one mile, can be found 18 miles from Alnwick, and allows

We had thought that our Munro-bagging days were over, in spite of only ever having managed to bag a dozen of the 282 total in more than 30 years of hill walking. However, our son had bought me a guide

The picturesque capital city of Scotland is one tourists don’t want to miss. Beautiful Edinburgh’s city centre is split into two distinct parts – the New Town and the Old Town. Take a jaunt along Prin

“ I met Charles Dickens today, except he had clearly been so busy working on The Mystery of Edwin Drood that he had fallen asleep, so I didn’t get to speak to him!” I laughingly proclaimed to Ro when