Category: Scotland

Life in Lockdown

There’s a tree shrew that slides up the bird feeder when we lay out fruit and bits of rice. He prefers the fruit, of course- the rice is for the birds- but he knows...

Somewhere in Scotland-2

Into the Highlands, and arriving at the end After spending an extra day at Crianlarich exploring some local trails, I walk to Inveroran, a tiny settlement along the West Highland Way. There are no...

Somewhere in Scotland-1

  THE first few drops of rain take me by surprise even when they shouldn’t. It was as though I never saw them coming and yet I had seen the darkening sky and the...

Walking the West Highland Way

The West Highland Way is Scotland’s most popular long-distance walk. It runs for 96 miles (154.5kms) from a suburb of Glasgow called Milngavie (pronounced ‘mull-guy’), and ends in Fort William in the Scottish Highlands....