Clans, Castles and the Scottish Borders

Potential visitors sometimes ask what the weather will be like in Scotland and I invariably resort to the comment that Scottish weather is ...

A passenger alighting from a cruise ship once asked me what altitude we were at and I replied that we were at sea level. 'But I thought ...

Spring has come early to Nairnshire. Today I bicycled out to one of my favourite spots, Barevan Kirk. Now a ruin, it was built in the 13th c...

It is often thought that clansmen were recognised by their tartan. Not so. Tartans reflected regional preferences and the local availability...

I was by Loch Fyne this weekend, a place which prompts thoughts of oysters, (the world's best, they say) and of Campbells (for many year...