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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

If you are looking to cruise the northern Scottish Isles, or further afield to places like Scandinavia, Orkney is a good option as a first port of call from the mainland. It takes just a day’s sail to

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

BACK in the days when a tankful of petrol cost as much as we pay for a coffee today, our sunny Sunday afternoon treat was a drive out. If we weren’t aiming for the beach, our route took us north to th

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 landscape of southeast Scotland is very different to the rest of the country and more closely resembles neighbouring Northumberland. Successive ridges of rounded hills recede to the horizon, divid