STRAVAIGING

Photo credit Joshua Earle via Unsplash If you would like to sign up for the Virtual Tour of Skye on Thursday 8th April at 8pm GMT / 3pm...

“This is a city of shifting light, of changing skies, of sudden vistas. A city so beautiful it breaks the heart again and again”. These...

The last few weeks have seen the temperatures up here in the Highlands dip to the lowest I can remember for years. Keeping a draughty old...

Very warm wishes for a healthy and happy 2021 to all those of you who shared in my stravaiging through last year. In what was such a...

For those of you who prefer the written word over the spoken word, I continue to write and edit articles for the Guide Collective...

You may have been wondering where I've got to the last few weeks with no posts going up as usual. The answer is I've been blethering! Not...

On Friday I took the return trip from Aviemore to Broomhill on the Strathspey Steam Railway that I wrote about back in July. I streamed...

“Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” was written by the Romantic English poet John Keats, and published 200 years ago this year in...

In all the years that I've been guiding, I've always taken the A82 down the western side of Loch Ness from Inverness to Fort Augustus. A...

The past few weeks saw a cataclysmic perfect storm for my hubby Brian. First of all he dropped his mobile phone. Losing your preferred...

Our girls' outing at the weekend had a very specific destination - The Oystercatcher Restaurant with Rooms in the little fishing village...

At the weekend I went on a road trip with my daughter - our last hurrah before she heads back to her life in London after six months up...

A Clootie Dumpling is a traditional treat in Scotland, particularly popular at birthdays and Christmas. A cloot is a good old Scots word...

The 21st of August marked my mum's 89th birthday and as she hasn't been too well recently we wanted to make it extra special! My brother...

A few days ago we took a hike that has been a long time in the planning. As you can see from the photo, it proved too much for my trusty...

Last weekend I got on my bike and together with my daughter Jenny, did a 60K cycle following the path of the River Feshie - not bad for...

The last few posts have been quite wordy with lots of information for you but this past month has been so beautiful that the pictures...

a.k.a the “not-so-glorious” 12th - if you’re a grouse! The 12th day of August is a key date in the sporting calendar of Scotland as it...

This week marked the launch of an ambitious new project that I'm involved in. Along with 20 other Rick Steves tour guides, we have formed...